Although our general tendency to be curious may decrease with age, our situational or "state" curiosity might actually increase across the lifespan, which might help boost well-being and cognitive outcomes in older age

Although our general tendency to be curious may decrease with age, our situational or "state" curiosity might actually increase across the lifespan, which might help boost well-being and cognitive outcomes in older age

Article URL : https://plos.io/3SatjAg

Article title: Curiosity across the adult lifespan: Age-related differences in state and trait curiosity

Author countries: U.S., Germany

Funding: National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Aging) Award Number R01AG044335 to AC: https://www.nia.nih.gov/ Leverhulme Trust Grant Number RL-2016-030 to KM: https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/ Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Professorship to KM: https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/ No funders played a role in the study design, data collection, analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS One

10.1371/journal.pone.0320600

Curiosity across the adult lifespan: Age-related differences in state and trait curiosity

7-May-2025

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.