novelty-seeking

The research, led by James Fowler of the University of California's San Diego campus, suggested that those with the novelty-seeking gene variant would be more interested in learning about their friends 'views, exposing them to a wider variety of lifestyles and beliefs and making them more liberal as a result.

Reading the Guardian? It could be down to your 'liberal genes' Richard Adams in Washington 2010

This increases creativity and energy, but it also heightens risk-taking and novelty-seeking.

A Brain Scientist Explains Leadership Saj-nicole Joni 2010

And even when they lead troubled early lives, some of the resulting heightened responses to adversity that can be problematic in everyday life — increased novelty-seeking, restlessness of attention, elevated risk-taking, or aggression — can prove advantageous in certain challenging situations: wars, tribal or modern; social strife of many kinds; and migrations to new environments.

The Science of Success 2009

Bloomberg News (traders); Getty Images (cat); Xinhua/Zuma Press (roller coaster); Everett Collection (4) Evolutionary Roots Dr. Zald speculates that this novelty-seeking tendency was important to evolution; humans who sought out new experiences might have been more likely to survive and pass on their genes.

Scary Movies and Real-Life Risks Melinda Beck 2011

This increases creativity and energy, but it also heightens risk-taking and novelty-seeking.

A Brain Scientist Explains Leadership Saj-nicole Joni 2010

And even when they lead troubled early lives, some of the resulting heightened responses to adversity that can be problematic in everyday life — increased novelty-seeking, restlessness of attention, elevated risk-taking, or aggression — can prove advantageous in certain challenging situations: wars, tribal or modern; social strife of many kinds; and migrations to new environments.

The Science of Success 2009

And even when they lead troubled early lives, some of the resulting heightened responses to adversity that can be problematic in everyday life — increased novelty-seeking, restlessness of attention, elevated risk-taking, or aggression — can prove advantageous in certain challenging situations: wars, tribal or modern; social strife of many kinds; and migrations to new environments.

The Science of Success 2009

This gene is associated with risk-taking, sensation-seeking and novelty-seeking, and correlated with openness to new experiences, intolerance to monotony, and exploratory behavior -- you know ...

Garret LoPorto: Surprising Way Your Neanderthal Genes May Affect You 2010

Genes like the DRD4 7R, associated with a novelty-seeking, exploratory, pioneering mindset, have been shown to be over twice as prevalent in the U.S. as it is worldwide.

Garret LoPorto: Class of 2010: Epic FAIL? ...Why Nobody Wants Class of 2010 Grads. 2010

Genes like the DRD4 7R, associated with a novelty-seeking, exploratory, pioneering mindset, have been shown to be over twice as prevalent in the U.S. as it is worldwide.

Garret LoPorto: Class of 2010: Epic FAIL... Garret LoPorto 2010