University Herald: Curiosity In a Person’s Brain Creates Desire to Learn and Improves Retention, Study Suggests

Neurological evidence makes it more clear that curiosity — intrinsic motivation to learn — improves the retention of information.  Article written by Russell Westerholm.

http://www.universityherald.com/articles/11798/20141003/curiosity-in-a-persons-brain-creates-desire-to-learn-and-improves-retention-study-suggests.htm