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The article discusses the cognitive neuroscience of curiosity, arguing that current definitions are overly meta-cognitive, making it difficult to attribute curiosity to non-human animals. It proposes a reinterpretation that allows for curiosity in creatures without self-awareness, suggesting that curiosity can be understood as an affective state embedding questions rather than a desire for knowledge. The author aims to reconcile the meta-representational aspects of curiosity with the behaviors observed in a

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Vianny Clare Oropilla
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