The investigation set out to determine whether blind people are less curious than sighted and whether curiosity behaviour is influenced by the degree and severity of blindness. A test of perceptual curiosity showed the sighted to be more curious than the blind, although a locomotor test showed no such significant difference. No significant variation was found among blind Ss divided as to source of blindness.
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