Role of metacognitive confidence judgments in curiosity: Different effects of confidence on curiosity across epistemic and perceptual domains.

Sakaki, M., Ten, A., Stone, H., & Murayama, K. (2024). Role of metacognitive confidence judgments in curiosity: Different effects of confidence on curiosity across epistemic and perceptual domains. Cognitive Science, 48(6), e13474.

Creativity is motivated by novelty. Curiosity is triggered by uncertainty.

Singh, A., & Murayama, K. (2024). Creativity is motivated by novelty. Curiosity is triggered by uncertainty. (Commentary). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 47, e115.

Adult age differences in noninstrumental information-seeking strategies.

Fastrich, G. M., FitzGibbon, L., Lau, J. K., Aslan, S., Sakaki, M., & Murayama, K. (2024). Adult age differences in noninstrumental information-seeking strategies. Psychology and Aging, 39(3), 313–323.

Broad brain networks support curiosity-motivated incidental learning of naturalistic dynamic stimuli with and without monetary incentives

Meliss, S., Tsuchiyagaito, A., Byrne, P., Van Reekum, C., & Murayama, K. (2024). Broad brain networks support curiosity-motivated incidental learning of naturalistic dynamic stimuli with and without monetary incentives. Imaging Neuroscience, 2, 1–27.

Screening smarter, not harder: A comparative analysis of machine learning screening algorithms and heuristic stopping criteria for systematic reviews in Educational Research.

Campos, D. G., Fütterer, T., Gfrörer, T., Lavelle-Hill, R., Murayama, K., König, L., Hecht, M., Zitzmann, S., & Scherer, R. (2024). Screening smarter, not harder: A comparative analysis of machine learning screening algorithms and heuristic stopping criteria for systematic reviews in Educational Research. Educational Psychology Review, 36(1), 19.

Motivated with joy or anxiety: Does approach-avoidance goal framing elicit differential reward-network activation in the brain?

Sakaki, M., Murayama, K., Izuma, K., Aoki, R., Yomogita, Y., Sugiura, A., Singhi, N., Matsumoto, M., & Matsumoto, K. (2024). Motivated with joy or anxiety: Does approach-avoidance goal framing elicit differential reward-network activation in the brain? Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 24(3), 469–490.

A critique of motivation constructs to explain higher-order behavior: We should unpack the black box.

Murayama, K., & Jach, H. (2024). A critique of motivation constructs to explain higher-order behavior: We should unpack the black box. (Target article.) Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1–53.

Metacognition of curiosity: People underestimate the seductive lure of non-instrumental information.

Kim, S., Sakaki, M., & Murayama, K. (2024). Metacognition of curiosity: People underestimate the seductive lure of non-instrumental information. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 31(3), 1–12.

The aesthetic valve: How aesthetic appreciation may switch emotional states from anxiety to curiosity.

Barbieri, P., Sarasso, P., Lodico, F., Aliverti, A., Murayama, K., Sacco, K., & Ronga, I. (2024). The aesthetic valve: How aesthetic appreciation may switch emotional states from anxiety to curiosity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 379(1895), 20220413.

Does students’ awareness of school-track-related stereotypes exacerbate inequalities in education?

Bardach, L., Neuendorf, C., Murayama, K., Fahrbach, T., Knigge, M., Nagengast, B., & Trautwein, U. (2023). Does students’ awareness of school-track-related stereotypes exacerbate inequalities in education? Npj Science of Learning, 8(1), 59.