Ep. #197: A Curiosity Practice Bonanza, with Jonathan Schooler

Choose to be Curious

In 28 very fast minutes we cover curiosity and creativity, the transformative power of asking questions, pivotal differences between general interest curiosity and deprivation curiosity, turning mind wandering into mind wondering, the loveliness of open mindfulness and implementation intentions ... and the possibility of an app for all of that! I reached out to Jonathan Schooler, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of California Santa Barbara, about his research on curiosity -- I had no idea what a wellspring I was tapping into. Fasten your seatbelt and keep your notebook handy. The curiosity practices come fast and furious in this one... Jonathan Schooler's Meta Lab: https://labs.psych.ucsb.edu/schooler/jonathan/ Theme and other music by Sean Balick.