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Katarina Begus is a Tenure Track Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen, specializing in the study of curiosity, information-seeking behaviors, and their development in infants. Her current research project, funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark, investigates how curiosity impacts learning and the mechanisms behind human behavior when seeking information. She actively examines how individual differences influence learning, particularly during early development stages, and seeks to understand the neurobiological processes underpinning these behaviors. This research includes studying active information-seeking behaviors in infants and how these are shaped by their interactions with the environment. Begus aims to uncover the factors that drive curiosity and learning in humans, emphasizing the essential role of curiosity in educational contexts.
Focuses on clinical, social, and cognitive psychology.