| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 293 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"In Curious Minds: The Power of Connection, the authors explore what curiosity is and what it can do. Traipsing across the fields of philosophy and neuroscience, literature and network science, they discover that current definitions of curiosity are remarkably limited. Rather than think of curiosity as a drive to acquire new bits of information, they argue that curiosity is a practice of connection"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Preface: Our Story -- A Brief Note on Visual Media -- Introduction: A New Vantage Point -- Curiosity across the Ages -- Footpaths and Flight Ways -- Oscillations -- Whys and Wherefores -- 1 The Science of Curiosity -- Curiosity and the Scientific Method -- Curiosity and the Parts of a Scientific Question -- The Scientific Study of Curiosity -- Mind or Brain? -- The Neuroscience of Curiosity -- 2 Curiosity as Edgework -- Curiosity as Nodal Acquisition -- Curiosity as Edgework -- Edgework in Action -- 3 The Network Paradigm -- Painting Networks -- Thinking Networks -- Building Networks -- 4 Curiosity's Got Style -- A Note on Modeling -- Style #1: The Busybody -- Style #2: The Hunter -- Style #3: The Dancer -- Three Styles, One Life -- 5 Webs of Knowledge -- Knowledge as Continuous versus Discrete -- Knowledge as a Network -- Walking on Knowledge Networks -- Learning Knowledge Networks -- Building a Laboratory for Network Learning -- What Are People Thinking? -- Information Processing in Real Networks -- Understanding Networks or the Principles behind Networks? -- Walking Samely, Walking Differently -- 6 Curiosity Takes a Walk -- Asking, Ambling -- The Philosophical Walk -- The Spiritual Walk -- The Environmental Walk -- The Political Walk -- Thought in Motion -- 7 Your Brain on Curiosity -- Rules of the Road -- Making Harmony -- Where Is a Single Melody? -- Where Do We Build a Fully Musical Language? -- Where Are Networks Coded? -- Flexibility and Learning -- The Flexibility of Practice -- 8 Reimagining Education -- From Particles to Patterns -- Dots Out of Line: On Neuroatypical Curiosity -- Soul Power: On Curiosity at the Margins -- No Such Thing: On Curiosity De-disciplined -- From Patterns to Pedagogy -- Conclusion: On Curious Futures -- Curiously Cracking -- Appendix: A Curious Bestiary. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost All EBSCO eBooks |
| Subject |
Curiosity.
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Thought and thinking.
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Neurosciences.
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thinking. |
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Curiosity. |
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Neurosciences. |
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Thought and thinking. |
| Indexed Term |
PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology |
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PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body |
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SCIENCE / Cognitive Science |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Bassett, Dani S., author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Zurn, Perry, 1981- Curious minds. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022] 9780262047036 (DLC) 2021049885 (OCoLC)1289309121 |
| ISBN |
0262370301 (electronic bk.) |
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9780262370301 (electronic bk.) |
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9780262370295 (electronic bk.) |
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0262370298 (electronic bk.) |
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9780262047036 hardcover |
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0262047039 hardcover |
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