The desire for knowledge: Neural mechanisms of information-seeking

对知识的渴望：信息寻求的神经机制

• 批准号: DP180102383
• 负责人: A/Prof Trevor Chong
• 金额: $ 29.45万
• 依托单位: Monash University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP180102383
• 关键词: desire; knowledge; Neural; mechanisms; information

This project aims to determine the mechanisms that drive individuals to seek out information, and to characterise the neural processes that underlie how that information is valued. The project tests the idea that information is represented in the brain as a form of reward. The results are expected to contribute significant mechanistic insights at the level of brain and behaviour on the nature of information value. This is likely to have wide-ranging implications across multiple domains of human endeavour, including education, work-place efficiency, policy development, and consumer behaviour.

该项目旨在确定驱动个人寻找信息的机制，并研究信息如何被重视的神经过程。该项目测试了信息在大脑中以奖励形式呈现的想法。这些结果有望在大脑和行为水平上对信息价值的本质做出重要的机械见解。这可能对人类努力的多个领域产生广泛影响，包括教育、工作场所效率、政策制定和消费者行为。