Dr Ellen O'Donoghue

(she/her)

Overview

My research investigates how curiosity shapes the way we explore our environments and, in turn, what we remember about them. To address these questions, I use a combination of behavioural, computational, and neuroimaging methods (including fMRI and iEEG). I'm particularly interested in understanding how curiosity manifests across the lifespan and in everyday life, including how it drives children's learning as their brains mature, and what motivates people to seek out (or avoid) real-world information (e.g., in the context of news consumption).