personality

·April 20, 2020

Infant temperament predicts personality more than 20 years later

The temperament of your infant could determine their personality and social behaviors almost three decades later, a new study reports. Infants with higher levels of behavioral inhibition at 14 months grew up to be more reserved and introverted as adults. Read More

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·February 22, 2020

Walking together: Personal traits and first impressions affects step synchronization

When paired with silent strangers, movement falls in synch based on first impressions. The findings implicit nonverbal communication in providing a basis for interpersonal interaction. Read More

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·February 13, 2020

State of mind: The end of personality as we know it

A new framework sheds light on how the mind adapts to different situations. The study proposes a unifying principle for the cortical mechanisms where state of mind is determined. Read More

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·January 31, 2020

Want to change your personality? It may not be easy to do alone

Changing aspects of your personality, such as becoming more extroverted or conscientious, can be difficult to achieve based on desire alone. Read More

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·October 5, 2019

What are personality disorders and how are they treated?

With at least 6% of the general population and up to 60% of psychiatric patients having a personality disorder, a new report looks at the biological causes and treatment options for personality disorders. Read More

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·October 5, 2019

Is there such a thing as an addictive personality?

Researchers examine the psychology and genetics of why some people are more prone to addiction-like behaviors than others. Read More

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·September 28, 2019

Musical tastes can predict personality traits and political leaning

Your musical preference may reveal a lot about your personality traits and political orientation, and vice versa. Read More

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·September 21, 2019

Three faces of teen popularity: Being feared, being loved, and being feared and loved

Study identifies three distinct types of teen popularity, prosocial popular, aggressive popular, and bistrategic popular or Machiavellian. The Machiavellian teens were considered most popular, despite being above average on both physical and relational aggression traits, as they displayed the most prosocial behavior. Read More

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·June 2, 2019

Church, couch, couple: Social psychological connections between people and physical space

An ecological perspective reveals how design, use and personalization of environment are involved in social behavior, identity expression and emotional experiences. Read More

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·May 23, 2019

How personality affects susceptibility to persuasion

Study reveals our personality types may indicate how susceptible we are to the power of persuasion. Those who are more fearful tend to follow the crowd, while those whose personality traits fall into the dark triad are less likely to be influenced by authority figures. Those who are socially apt are more likely to be persuaded to do something it is consistent with their beliefs or prior actions. Read More

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·April 5, 2019

Most links between personality traits and life outcomes are replicable

The majority of replication attempts of previous studies linking personality traits to life outcomes are successful. However, the associations may not be as strong as reported in the results originally published. Read More