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·July 24, 2019·3 min read

Scientists use phone movement to predict personality types

How you interact with your cell phone may reveal your personality type. Using data from cell phone accelerometers, researchers were able to correlate physical interactions with mobile tech to specific personality traits.

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·June 30, 2019·1 min read

Smoking cigarettes linked to negative personality changes

Using the Big Five model of personality traits, researchers found smokers were more likely to experience an increase in neuroticism over time. Quitting smoking did not have an impact on altering the negative personality traits.

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·January 8, 2019·5 min read

Researchers Identify Five Types of Insomnia

Researchers have identified five different subtypes of the sleep disorder insomnia, including difficulty falling asleep and early morning awakening. The study reports insomnia subtypes may be identified by examining personality traits of sufferers.

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·November 27, 2018·3 min read

Do You Have a Healthy Personality? Researchers Think They Can Tell You

Researchers have created a model of what they consider a 'healthy personality type', using contemporary trait perspective.

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·September 17, 2018·6 min read

Four Personality Types Based on New Data

A new, comprehensive data analysis study challenges existing paradigms in psychology relating to personality types. Researchers report there appear to be four major clusters of personality types.

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·September 7, 2018·3 min read

The Evolution of Psychiatric Disorders and Personality Traits

Researchers have identified a gene that has evolved through natural selection and is implicated in psychiatric disorders and personality traits. The study suggests natural selection has helped shaped our psychiatric traits and helped to maintain human diversity.

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·April 13, 2018·3 min read

Art is in the Eye of the Beholder

A new study examines how a person's mental state affects how they look at a piece of art.

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·December 21, 2017·3 min read

Personality Trait Shares Genetic Link With Depression

University of Edinburgh researchers report many genes linked to neuroticism are also linked to depression. The findings may help to develop more personalized treatments with depressive disorders.

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·December 11, 2017·7 min read

Industrial Revolution Left a Damaging Psychological Imprint on Today’s Populations

People who are historically more reliant on the coal industry tend to have more negative personality traits, University of Cambridge researchers report. The researchers believe this could be a lasting effect of the Industrial Revolution.

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·November 29, 2017·4 min read

Combinations of Certain Personality Traits May Guard Against Anxiety and Depression

According to researchers, having high levels of neuroticism may put people at higher risk of mood disorders. However, if the person is also extroverted or conscientious, the combined personality traits may act as a buffer against depression and anxiety.

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·September 21, 2017·4 min read

Personality Changes Don’t Precede Clinical Onset of Alzheimer’s Disease

Despite popular belief, researchers have found no evidence that personality changes appear prior to the onset of dementia. The findings are published in JAMA Psychiatry.