I am interested in how humans learn and discover new things, with a particular focus on curiosity, exploration, and question asking. For example, my recent work has asked: How are curiosity, exploration, and question asking shaped by a person’s prior knowledge, experience, and context? And how does information-seeking behavior change between childhood and adulthood? I take an interdisciplinary approach to answering these questions, incorporating perspectives and methods from cognitive and developmental psychology, philosophy, and artificial intelligence. My ultimate goal is to gain a comprehensive understanding of how humans play an active role in their own learning—with the potential to inform interventions to improve learning in everyday settings.
Lab Website: liquinlab.github.io
