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en-wikipedia-org-4728		Curiosity - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	5185	665	52	Like other desires and need states that take on an appetitive quality (e.g. food), curiosity is linked with exploratory behavior and experiences of reward. The concept of optimal-arousal of curiosity suggests that there is a tendency to maintain an optimal level of arousal.[7] When a stimulus is encountered that is associated with complexity, uncertainty, conflict, or novelty, this will increase arousal, and exploratory behavior is employed to learn about that stimulus and thereby reduce arousal again. The use of these pathways and dopamine activation may account for the assigning of value to new information and then interpreting as reward.[9][13][14] This aspect of neurobiology can accompany curiosity-drive theory in motivating exploratory behavior. Research has suggested the role of the caudate nucleus anticipates the possibility of and is in anticipation of reward of exploratory behavior and gathered information, thus contributing to factors of curiosity.[16][17]	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-4728.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-4728.txt