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DESCRIPTION:Talk Title: Curiosity Styles in the Wild\n\nAbstract: What is c
 uriosity? Across disciplines\, some scholars offer a range of definitions 
 while others eschew definitions altogether. Is the field of curiosity stud
 ies simply too young? Should we\, as has been argued in neuroscience\, pre
 ss forward in definition-less characterization? At this juncture in the fi
 eld's history\, we turn to an examination of curiosity styles\, and ask: H
 ow has curiosity been practiced over the last two millennia and how is it 
 practiced today? We exercise a recent historico-philosophical account to c
 atalogue common styles of curiosity and test for their presence as humans 
 browse Wikipedia. Next we consider leading theories from psychology and me
 chanics that could explain curiosity styles\, and formalize those theories
  in the mathematics of network science. Such a formalization allows theori
 es of curiosity to be explicitly tested in human behavioral data and for t
 heir relative mental affordances to be investigated. Finally\, with styles
  and theories in hand\, we expand out to a study of several million users 
 of Wikipedia to understand how curiosity styles might or might not differ 
 around the world and track factors of social inequality. Collectively\, ou
 r findings support the notion that curiosity is practiced---differently ac
 ross people---as unique styles of network building\, thereby providing a c
 onnective counterpoint to the common acquisitional account of curiosity in
  humans.\n\nBio: Prof. Bassett is the J. Peter Skirkanich Professor at the
  University of Pennsylvania\, with appointments in the Departments of Bioe
 ngineering\, Electrical & Systems Engineering\, Physics & Astronomy\, Neur
 ology\, and Psychiatry. They are also an external professor of the Santa F
 e Institute. Bassett is most well-known for blending neural and systems en
 gineering to identify fundamental mechanisms of cognition and disease in h
 uman brain networks. They received a B.S. in physics from Penn State Unive
 rsity and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Cambridge\, UK as a Ch
 urchill Scholar\, and as an NIH Health Sciences Scholar. Following a postd
 octoral position at UC Santa Barbara\, Bassett was a Junior Research Fello
 w at the Sage Center for the Study of the Mind. They have received multipl
 e prestigious awards\, including American Psychological Association's ‘R
 ising Star’ (2012)\, Alfred P Sloan Research Fellow (2014)\, MacArthur F
 ellow Genius Grant (2014)\, Early Academic Achievement Award from the IEEE
  Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (2015)\, Office of Naval Rese
 arch Young Investigator (2015)\, National Science Foundation CAREER (2016)
 \, Popular Science Brilliant 10 (2016)\, Lagrange Prize in Complex Systems
  Science (2017)\, Erdos-Renyi Prize in Network Science (2018)\, OHBM Young
  Investigator Award (2020)\, AIMBE College of Fellows (2020)\, American Ph
 ysical Society Fellow (2021)\, and has been named one of Web of Science's 
 most Highly Cited Researchers for 3 years running. Bassett is the author o
 f more than 400 peer-reviewed publications\, which have garnered over 47\,
 000 citations\, as well as numerous book chapters and teaching materials. 
 Bassett’s work has been supported by the National Science Foundation\, t
 he National Institutes of Health\, the Army Research Office\, the Army Res
 earch Laboratory\, the Office of Naval Research\, the Department of Defens
 e\, the Alfred P Sloan Foundation\, the John D and Catherine T MacArthur F
 oundation\, the Paul Allen Foundation\, the ISI Foundation\, and the Cente
 r for Curiosity. Bassett has recently co-authored Curious Minds: The Power
  of Connection (MIT Press) with philosopher and twin Perry Zurn.\n\nWebina
 r Link:  https://mit.zoom.us/j/92040236853\n\nFollowed by a reception with
  food and drink in 3rd floor atrium
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LOCATION:Building 46\, Singleton 
SUMMARY:Colloquium on the Brain and Cognition with Dani Bassett (Teuber Tal
 k)
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 gnition_with_dani_bassett_teuber_talk_4843
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