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·May 19, 2022·4 min read

Childhood Circumstances and Personality Traits Are Associated With Loneliness in Older Age

A combination of personality traits and childhood circumstances account for why some older people experience loneliness more than others. Lonely adults over 50 were 1.24 times more likely to have rarely, or never, had comfortable friendships during childhood, and 1.34 times more likely to have had poor relationships with their mothers as children.

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·May 1, 2022·3 min read

Impact of College Personality Course on Personality Understanding

Students who participate in psychology classes focused on personality traits show improvements in dispositional intelligence, allowing them to better understand how the behaviors of others relate to their personalities.

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·April 12, 2022·4 min read

Disagreeable and Angry: What Makes an A–Hole an A–Hole?

Researchers say most people consider manipulative, aggressive, entitled, middle-aged men they encounter to be the most unpleasant people to be around.

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·April 11, 2022·5 min read

Personality Traits May Protect Cognitive Function Later in Life

People who scored high for conscientiousness lived two years longer without a decline in cognitive function than those who were less conscientious. Those who scored lower for neuroticism and higher in extraversion were more likely to regain normal cognitive function following a diagnosis of MCI, suggesting those personality traits may be associated with neuroprotection.

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·February 3, 2022·4 min read

Anxiety and Neuroticism Linked to Ability to Experience ASMR

ASMR could serve as an intervention for those with elevated levels of neuroticism and anxiety, a new study finds.

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·January 24, 2022·6 min read

Men Who Worry More May Develop Heart Disease and Diabetes Risk Factors at Younger Ages

Middle-aged men who worry more or display traits associated with neuroticism are at greater biological risk for cardiovascular disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes as they age.

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·January 14, 2022·4 min read

Symptoms and Traits of Borderline Personality Disorder May Run In Families

Family members of people with borderline personality disorder share similarities in brain structure and personality traits as those diagnosed with the personality disorder. Findings may point toward a hereditary component to personality disorders.

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·December 12, 2021·4 min read

Our Emotions and Identity Can Affect How We Use Grammar

Study reveals how emotional context affects how we use and understand language at the neural level.

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·December 7, 2021·5 min read

Which Personality Traits Can Be Improved Without Personal Motivation?

Conscientiousness can be improved, even if a person has little motivation to change, researchers report.

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·December 6, 2021·5 min read

New Test Predicts if Impulsivity Is Pathological

Acting more recklessly when your emotions run high can be correlated to your reaction speed to visually disturbing images, researchers report.

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·November 23, 2021·4 min read

These Personality Traits May Make You More Prone to Problematic Binge-Watching

A new study links a propensity to binge-watch TV shows with personality traits. Researchers found those who lack impulse control and emotional clarity are most likely to binge-watch a television series.