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. 2022 Nov 18:45:e281.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X21002168.

Cognitive exploration drives engagement and re-engagement with imaginary worlds, but not spatial exploration as predicted by evolutionary theory

Rebecca Dunk  1 , Raymond A Mar  1
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Cognitive exploration drives engagement and re-engagement with imaginary worlds, but not spatial exploration as predicted by evolutionary theory

Rebecca Dunk et al. Behav Brain Sci. .

Abstract

The empirical evidence for exploration underlying the appeal of imaginary worlds is mostly absent or contradictory. Openness, and the cognitive exploration it represents, provides a better account than the overall drive to explore predicted by evolutionary theory. Furthermore, exploration cannot explain why imaginary worlds foster frequent re-engagement.

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