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Thanks for this.
When I checked the literature on curiosity, it seemed that what psychologists call "epistemic curiosity" is still not quite what Eliezer means by curiosity. In the studies I saw, researchers measured things that were consistent with signaling curiosity or self-deception about one's curious-ness. These studies may not be relevant for the study of curiosity in the Yudkowskian sense.
Some work looking closer to the right direction might be Litman (2009).
Or even better, the literature on what causes someone to actually change their mind.
I also got a vague feeling they weren't identical. Perhaps I should mention that in the original post.
Thanks for the pointer!