Dr Hayley K. Jach
Academic Fellow, Psychology
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
30 Scholarly works
1 Projects
HIGHLIGHTS
2026
Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)
Understanding the Impact of Generative AI on Curiosity-Driven Learning
2026
Journal article
Comparing change goals and feasibility beliefs about changing social, emotional, and behavioral skills vs. personality traits among adolescents, parents, and teachers
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2026.1047772026
Journal article
Openness to Experience: from ecology to culture
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2026.03.0062026
Journal article
From clicks to curiosity: Exploring self-directed information seeking as a behavioral manifestation of curiosity.
DOI: 10.1037/xap00005682025
Journal article
Exploring the Convergence of Curiosity Across Behavioural Tasks and Personality Trait Questionnaires
DOI: 10.1111/spc3.701132025
Journal article
“The more I learn, the more I know nothing”: A longitudinal registered report of doctoral students’ uncertainty in learning
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2025.1021382025
Journal article
Response to the critiques (and encouragements) on our critique of motivation constructs
DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X24001353
RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS
2025
Journal article
A critique of motivation constructs to explain higher-order behavior: We should unpack the black box
DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X240004262025
Conference Proceedings
Persistent Homology of Topic Networks for the Prediction of Reader Curiosity
DOI: 10.18653/v1/2025.acl-long.13642024
Journal article
Individual differences in information demand have a low dimensional structure predicted by some curiosity traits
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.24152361212024
Journal article
Disentangling periodic and aperiodic resting EEG correlates of personality
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120628