Charan Ranganath

And just one of the weird things in our research is I got into curiosity from a postdoc in my lab, Matthias Gruber. And one of the things that we found is when we gave people a question, like a trivia question that they wanted the answer to, The question, the more curious people were about the answer, the more activity in these dopamine-related circuits in the brain we would see.

And just one of the weird things in our research is I got into curiosity from a postdoc in my lab, Matthias Gruber. And one of the things that we found is when we gave people a question, like a trivia question that they wanted the answer to, The question, the more curious people were about the answer, the more activity in these dopamine-related circuits in the brain we would see.

And again, that was not driven by the answer per se, but by the question. So it was not about getting the information, it was about the drive to seek the information. But it depends on how you take that.

And again, that was not driven by the answer per se, but by the question. So it was not about getting the information, it was about the drive to seek the information. But it depends on how you take that.

And again, that was not driven by the answer per se, but by the question. So it was not about getting the information, it was about the drive to seek the information. But it depends on how you take that.

If you get this uncomfortable gap between what you know and what you want to know, you could either use that to motivate you and energize you, or you could use it to say, I don't want to hear about this. This disagrees with my beliefs. I'm going to go back to my echo chamber. Yeah.

If you get this uncomfortable gap between what you know and what you want to know, you could either use that to motivate you and energize you, or you could use it to say, I don't want to hear about this. This disagrees with my beliefs. I'm going to go back to my echo chamber. Yeah.

If you get this uncomfortable gap between what you know and what you want to know, you could either use that to motivate you and energize you, or you could use it to say, I don't want to hear about this. This disagrees with my beliefs. I'm going to go back to my echo chamber. Yeah.

That's like a hardcore band name. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

That's like a hardcore band name. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

That's like a hardcore band name. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I also like the Hedonic Treadmill.

I also like the Hedonic Treadmill.

I also like the Hedonic Treadmill.

Yeah, yeah. We could use that for like our techno project, I think.

Yeah, yeah. We could use that for like our techno project, I think.

Yeah, yeah. We could use that for like our techno project, I think.

We could build a false memory of a show, in fact, if you want. Let's just put it all together. We don't even have to do all the work to play the show. We can just create a memory of it. It might as well happen because the remembering self is in charge anyway.

We could build a false memory of a show, in fact, if you want. Let's just put it all together. We don't even have to do all the work to play the show. We can just create a memory of it. It might as well happen because the remembering self is in charge anyway.

We could build a false memory of a show, in fact, if you want. Let's just put it all together. We don't even have to do all the work to play the show. We can just create a memory of it. It might as well happen because the remembering self is in charge anyway.