Epistemic Emotions | List of Frontiers open access articles

Original Research

Published on 15 Oct 2025

When emotion meets reason: the development and validation of EpiCT-CI scale to measure epistemic emotions in critical thinking application and cultural identity constructions

in Educational Psychology

Yue Peng

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1687003

2,182 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Nov 2019

Surprise, Curiosity, and Confusion Promote Knowledge Exploration: Evidence for Robust Effects of Epistemic Emotions

in Emotion Science

Elisabeth Vogl
Reinhard Pekrun
Kou Murayama
Kristina Loderer
Sandra Schubert

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02474

27,386 views
107 citations

Original Research

Published on 06 Apr 2022

Clarifying the Relation Between Epistemic Emotions and Learning by Using Experience Sampling Method and Pre-posttest Design

in Educational Psychology

Elisa Vilhunen
Miikka Turkkila
Jari Lavonen
Katariina Salmela-Aro
Kalle Juuti

Frontiers in Education

doi 10.3389/feduc.2022.826852

9,469 views
29 citations

Original Research

Published on 14 Apr 2021

Epistemic Emotions and Epistemic Cognition Predict Critical Thinking About Socio-Scientific Issues

in Educational Psychology

Krista R. Muis
Marianne Chevrier
Courtney A. Denton
Kelsey M. Losenno

Frontiers in Education

doi 10.3389/feduc.2021.669908

23,663 views
56 citations

Hypothesis and Theory

Published on 13 May 2025

Modeling the arousal potential of epistemic emotions using Bayesian information gain: a framework for inquiry cycles driven by free energy fluctuations

in Quantitative Psychology and Measurement

Hideyoshi Yanagisawa
Shimon Honda

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1438080

6,275 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 07 Sep 2023

Catalyst for co-construction: the role of AI-directed speech recognition technology in the self-organization of knowledge

in STEM Education

Niina Halonen
Pirjo Ståhle
Kalle Juuti
Sami Paavola
Kirsti Lonka

Frontiers in Education

doi 10.3389/feduc.2023.1232423

4,185 views
4 citations

Original Research

Published on 31 Jan 2019

Puzzle-Solving Activity as an Indicator of Epistemic Confusion

in Educational Psychology

Amaël Arguel
Lori Lockyer
Kevin Chai
Mariya Pachman
Ottmar V. Lipp

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00163

15,187 views
12 citations

Articles

When emotion meets reason: the development and validation of EpiCT-CI scale to measure epistemic emotions in critical thinking application and cultural identity constructions

Surprise, Curiosity, and Confusion Promote Knowledge Exploration: Evidence for Robust Effects of Epistemic Emotions

Clarifying the Relation Between Epistemic Emotions and Learning by Using Experience Sampling Method and Pre-posttest Design

Epistemic Emotions and Epistemic Cognition Predict Critical Thinking About Socio-Scientific Issues

Modeling the arousal potential of epistemic emotions using Bayesian information gain: a framework for inquiry cycles driven by free energy fluctuations

Catalyst for co-construction: the role of AI-directed speech recognition technology in the self-organization of knowledge

Puzzle-Solving Activity as an Indicator of Epistemic Confusion