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Is Intelligence Correlated with Curiosity?

Are curious people naturally intelligent? Are smart people naturally curious? What, if any, is the correlation between intelligence and curiosity? The words “intelligent,” “intelligence,” and “IQ” are as common to …

Does our curiosity change as we age?

Does our curiosity change as we age? Does it decrease? Do we lose our childlike curiosity as we grow? Do Millennials tend to have more curiosity than Baby Boomers, or …

How Is Curiosity Linked to Our Survival?

Curiosity, part of our DNA, is no different from our pursuit of food, water, or sex. Our bodies are programmed to be curious and reward us when we exercise that …

How Assumptions Eradicate Curiosity

Think about children under five or six years old. Almost everything they see prompts a question. Their minds are blank slates, absorbing everything in their paths. If they get confused, …

How to Understand and Explore Our Fears

One of my relatives is highly creative. When I asked him why he hadn’t submitted his work for publication, he told me he didn’t want to be successful. I didn’t …

Motivation and Curiosity: What Drives Us?

“Human beings have an innate inner drive to be autonomous, self-determined, and connected to one another. And when that drive is liberated, people achieve more and live richer lives.” .Daniel …

Four Factors that Diminish Human Curiosity

Beyond any physical or health-related factors that can dampen our curiosity, such as stress, dementia, or drugs, research leads to four major factors that impede or diminish this quality in …

What Are the Measuring Inhibitors of Curiosity?

Why do some people retain their curiosity to solve perplexing problems, invent new technologies, or discover new worlds while others become less curious? Answering that question is my mission. We …

Curiosity and leadership

We’ve looked at the vital relationship between curiosity and motivation. The next question we might ask is about the relationship between curiosity and leadership. (Click to expand) Are successful leaders …