Some shows renew — or, if I’m honest, restore — my faith in this effort. Neuroscientist Matthias Gruber’s research was hugely influential on my entry to this field. When we spoke, I learned our original stories were more entwined than I knew.
“I actually still remember our first encounter,” he said, “You gave me one of the buttons — the ‘Choose to Be Curious’ buttons — and then I realized: wow! there’s even a podcast about curiosity, so this must be really an interesting topic to study…You inspired me to keep going.” It was a lovely reminder that we don’t always know the positive impact we have on people.
All of which was very on point for this fascinating conversation about curiosity, memory, spatial and visual exploration and how our brains experience curiosity and interest at different ages!