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Novelty Seeking

Novelty Seeking is a heritable personality trait characterized by the propensity to explore new and unfamiliar stimuli, situations, or experiences, driven by the anticipation of potential reward or intrinsic motivation.

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2017–2026

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A Systematic Method for Clinical Description and Classification of Personality Variants

C. Robert Cloninger · Archives of General Psychiatry · 1987 · 3.7K citations

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Innovativeness, Novelty Seeking, and Consumer Creativity

Elizabeth C. Hirschman · Journal of Consumer Research · 1980 · 1.7K citations

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Dopamine D4 receptor (D4DR) exon III polymorphism associated with the human personality trait of Novelty Seeking

Richard P. Ebstein, Olga Novick, Roberto Umansky et al. · Nature Genetics · 1996 · 1.5K citations

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Novelty, complexity, and hedonic value

D. E. Berlyne · Perception & Psychophysics · 1970 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Reliability and validity of a brief measure of sensation seeking

Rick H. Hoyle, Michael T. Stephenson, Philip Palmgreen et al. · Personality and Individual Differences · 2002 · 1.3K citations

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Authors

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  1. HA
    Huda Akil

    University of Michigan, United States

    19 publications · 1.7K citations

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  2. MT
    Michael T. Bardo

    University of Kentucky, United States

    18 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. SJ
    Stanley J. Watson

    University of Michigan, United States

    13 publications · 927 citations

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  4. SM
    Sarah M. Clinton

    University of Michigan, United States

    12 publications · 1K citations

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    Joel Lehman

    University of Central Florida, United States

    10 publications · 2K citations

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Institutions

1.1K

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    25 h-index

    73 publications

    7.2K citations

  2. University of Kentucky

    Lexington, United States

    17 h-index

    47 publications

    8.1K citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    14 h-index

    51 publications

    8.6K citations

  4. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    13 h-index

    54 publications

    3.9K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    13 h-index

    36 publications

    2.6K citations

  6. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    30 publications

    4.3K citations

  7. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    11 h-index

    19 publications

    670 citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    11 h-index

    30 publications

    1.5K citations

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  1. Behavioural Brain Research

    27 publications · 2K citations

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  2. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

    24 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. Physiology & Behavior

    21 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. Behavioral Neuroscience

    20 publications · 2.2K citations

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  5. Personality and Individual Differences

    24 publications · 2.6K citations

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