
08 - Judith Fan: The Wonders of Playing With Blocks
Stanford Psychology Podcast
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Exploring Intrinsic Motivation in Tower Building
This chapter discusses the concept of intrinsic motivation and the fascination behind creating different structures. The speaker shares their inspiration from psychology and artificial intelligence research that explores the factors that drive people to engage in activities like tower building. They describe an ongoing study where virtual towers are created in a 3D environment to investigate people's interest and motivation in building them.
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