Stories by Alison Adcock

Alison Adcock is director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University. She researches neural mechanisms of motivation and memory.

Illustration of a woman in a white lab coat with walking sticks, walking to an elevator within a forest

OpinionApril 9, 2024

No Spoilers, Please! Why Curiosity Makes Us Patient

Curiosity makes people hungry for knowledge—but not necessarily in a hurry

Abby Hsiung, Jia-Hou Poh, Scott Huettel, Alison Adcock