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CORRECTION article

Front. Psychol., 29 January 2026

Sec. Educational Psychology

Volume 17 - 2026 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1789574

Correction: From situational interest and state curiosity to personal interest: developmental pathways and underlying mechanisms

This article is a correction to:

  1. From situational interest and state curiosity to personal interest: developmental pathways and underlying mechanisms

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Yuling Yan,&#x;Yuling Yan1,2†Yilei Jia,&#x;Yilei Jia1,2†Yuxin Li,Yuxin Li1,2Feiyi Liu,Feiyi Liu1,2Mingxia Zhang Mingxia Zhang1*
  • 1Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
  • 2Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

A Correction on
From situational interest and state curiosity to personal interest: developmental pathways and underlying mechanisms

by Yan, Y., Jia, Y., Li, Y., Liu, F., and Zhang, M. (2025). Front. Psychol. 16:1700208. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1700208

The order of the affiliations of the published paper was erroneously given as:

1. Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

2. Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

The correct affiliations list reads:

1. Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

2. Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Affiliation Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China was omitted for author Mingxia Zhang. This affiliation has now been added for author Mingxia Zhang.

Author Mingxia Zhang was erroneously assigned to affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. This affiliation has now been removed for author Mingxia Zhang.

The original version of this article has been updated.

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Keywords: interest, curiosity, knowledge acquisition, self-relevance, rewards processing

Citation: Yan Y, Jia Y, Li Y, Liu F and Zhang M (2026) Correction: From situational interest and state curiosity to personal interest: developmental pathways and underlying mechanisms. Front. Psychol. 17:1789574. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1789574

Received: 16 January 2026; Accepted: 19 January 2026;
Published: 29 January 2026.

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*Correspondence: Mingxia Zhang, emhhbmdteEBwc3ljaC5hYy5jbg==

†These authors have contributed equally to this work

Disclaimer: All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.