Latest

personality

This shows yellow balls with different faces painted on them

·February 25, 2021·5 min read

Effective Anxiety Therapy Changes Personality

Researchers report a reduction in neuroticism for people with generalized anxiety disorder who successfully completed metacognitive therapy or cognitive behavioral therapy.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·February 20, 2021·5 min read

Do You Look Like Your Name?

Study reveals the stereotype that a given society has of a first name can influence the way people look.

This shows a couple holding hands in the sunset

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·February 17, 2021·4 min read

New Link Between Personality and Risk of Death

Study finds the immune system links personality to the long-term risk of mortality. Those who score higher on the personality trait of conscientiousness tend to live longer because their immune systems have lower levels of interleukin-6.

This shows a man playing on his smartphone

Featured Psychology

·February 11, 2021·4 min read

Smartphone App to Change Your Personality

Researchers say a new smartphone app has the power to help change those personality traits you don't like within three months.

This shows a sweet, playful looking little boy and girl

Featured Psychology

·February 9, 2021·4 min read

Mean or Nice? These Traits Could Make or Break a Child’s Friendships

One child's behavioral traits drive another child's friendship experience over time. Children with mean friends report an increase in friendship negativity over time, while those with nice friends report a decline in negative relationship emotions.

Featured Psychology

·February 9, 2021·3 min read

How Accurate Are First Impressions on a First Date?

Forming an accurate impression of a person is important as people rely on their instincts when deciding to begin a relationship. People who report greater personal wellbeing are easier to "read" than others on first impression.

Featured Psychology

·February 9, 2021·4 min read

Marmoset Monkeys Have Personalities Too

A new study sheds light on personality traits in marmoset monkeys.

This is a cartoon of researchers piecing together a jigsaw puzzle of a head

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·January 31, 2021·2 min read

What is Personality?

A new theoretical study proposes new models outlining the relationship between personality, genes, and behaviors. Researchers also propose a method to discover where personality resides in the brain, and how it relates to other psychological functions including memory and emotion.

This diagram outlines the big five personality traits and behaviors associated with them

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·January 18, 2021·5 min read

To Get Ahead as an Introvert, Act Like an Extravert. It’s Not as Hard as You Think

Introverts who act like extraverts are viewed by others as having more leadership potential.

Featured Psychology

·November 28, 2020·3 min read

Are We the Same Person Throughout Our Lives? In Essence, Yes

The continuity of self remains stable throughout our lifetimes, while other components of the "self", including physical appearance, attitudes, beliefs, and physiological processes change.

This is a graphic abstract from the study

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·August 26, 2020·4 min read

How ‘Swapping Bodies’ With a Friend Changes Our Sense of Self

Friends who "swapped bodies" using virtual reality to generate the perceptual illusion found their beliefs about their personalities altered to become more similar to the beliefs about their friends' personalities. Findings suggest that when our mental self-concept doesn't match our physical self, our memories become impaired.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·April 20, 2020·4 min read

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.