Magic curiosity arousing tricks (MagicCATs): A novel stimulus collection to induce epistemic emotions.

Ozono, H., Komiya, A., Kuratomi, K., Hatano, A., Fastrich, G., Raw, J. A. L., Haffey, A., Meliss, S., Lau, J. K. L., & Murayama, K. (2020). Magic curiosity arousing tricks (MagicCATs): A novel stimulus collection to induce epistemic emotions. Behavior Research Methods, 53, 188-215.

The developmental trajectory of intrinsic reading motivation: Measurement invariance, group variations, and implications for reading proficiency.

Miyamoto, A., Murayama, K., & Lechner, C. M. (2020). The developmental trajectory of intrinsic reading motivation: Measurement invariance, group variations, and implications for reading proficiency. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 63, 101921.

Inter-slice leakage and intra-slice aliasing in simultaneous multi-slice echo-planar images.

McNabb, C. B., Lindner, M., Shen, S., Burgess, L. G., Murayama, K., & Johnstone, T. (2020). Inter-slice leakage and intra-slice aliasing in simultaneous multi-slice echo-planar images. Brain Structure and Function, 225(3), 1153–1158.

No evidence for a relationship between social closeness and similarity in resting-state functional brain connectivity in schoolchildren.

McNabb, C. B., Burgess, L. G., Fancourt, A., Mulligan, N., FitzGibbon, L., Riddell, P., & Murayama, K. (2020). No evidence for a relationship between social closeness and similarity in resting-state functional brain connectivity in schoolchildren. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 10710.

A multidimensional view on social and non-social rewards.

Matyjek, M., Meliss, S., Dziobek, I., & Murayama, K. (2020). A multidimensional view on social and non-social rewards. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, 818.

Shared striatal activity in decisions to satisfy curiosity and hunger at the risk of electric shocks.

Lau, J. K. L., Ozono, H., Kuratomi, K., Komiya, A., & Murayama, K. (2020). Shared striatal activity in decisions to satisfy curiosity and hunger at the risk of electric shocks. Nature Human Behaviour, 4(5), 531–543.

Focused attention meditation changes the boundary and configuration of functional networks in the brain.

Kajimura, S., Masuda, N., Lau, J. K. L., & Murayama, K. (2020). Focused attention meditation changes the boundary and configuration of functional networks in the brain. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 18426.

The seductive lure of curiosity: Information as a motivationally salient reward.

FitzGibbon, L., Lau, J. K. L., & Murayama, K. (2020). The seductive lure of curiosity: Information as a motivationally salient reward. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 35, 21–27.

The lure of counterfactual curiosity: People incur a cost to experience regret.

FitzGibbon, L., Komiya, A., & Murayama, K. (2020). The lure of counterfactual curiosity: People incur a cost to experience regret. Psychological Science, 32(2), 241-255.

Development of interest and role of choice during sequential knowledge acquisition.

Fastrich, G. M., & Murayama, K. (2020). Development of interest and role of choice during sequential knowledge acquisition. AERA Open, 6(2), 1-16.