Systematically review the evidence for whether increasing curiosity is useful for initial learning and retention of information. Examine psychological research which has evaluated how changes to the level of curiosity about a learning topic impacts the initial learning, and long-term memories, of information. The paper should only include original, peer reviewed research studies conducted by the research team of relevant articles and should not include already existing systematic reviews or meta-analyses. The paper should include the following parts: abstract (300 words not included in the overall word count) introduction, method, results, participants characteristics (if relevant) study characteristics, primary and secondary outcome measures, discussion, reference list. Thank you!