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Personality

  1. The Brains of Neurotic People Literally Look DifferentA new study found a link between your personality and the wrinkles in your brain.
    By Cari Romm
  2. If You Have a Twisted Sense of Humor, It’s Probably Because You’re a Cool GeniusA new study found that an appreciation for dark jokes is linked to higher IQ and lower aggression.
    By Cari Romm
  3. You (and Your Therapist) Can Change Your PersonalityA big new study promises you are (probably) not stuck with yourself.
    By Melissa Dahl
  4. How Donald Trump Uses Impulsiveness As a WeaponAnd why we confuse a lack of impulse control with authenticity.
    By Timothy Denevi
  5. personality psychology
    Can You Predict Your Scores on an Important Personality Test?The Big Five framework has been embraced by many personality psychologists as an important way to measure human personality.
    By Jesse Singal and Ashley Wu
  6. Pigs Become Optimists or Pessimists for the Same Reasons Humans DoIs the trough half-empty or half-full?
    By Cari Romm
  7. personality
    How to (Kind of) Master Your NeuroticismOr: How to adapt to your own personality.
    By Drake Baer
  8. Just How Dark Are the Candidates’ Personalities?Dishonesty, Machiavellianism, and narcissism.
    By Drake Baer
  9. ‘Introvert or Extrovert’ Is the Wrong Way to Define Your IdentityThere’s so much more to personality.
    By Drake Baer
  10. narcissism
    The Connection Between Parenting and NarcissismA new review of the available evidence suggests that, well, it’s complicated.
    By Jesse Singal
  11. The Science of Dreams
    All My Dreams are Boring. Does That Make Me a Boring Person?My dream self spends way too much time in the grocery store.
    By Cari Romm
  12. distractions
    Neurotic People Are More Easily Distracted at WorkWorrying about stuff takes up a lot of your attention.
    By Jocelyn K. Glei
  13. personality
    The World Looks Different When You’re Speaking a Second LanguageA new memoir lends a fresh perspective to one of the great mysteries of modern linguistics.
    By Melissa Dahl
  14. Extroverts Long for Alone Time, TooBecause you can’t get any rest with humans around.
    By Drake Baer
  15. The Personality Trait That Leads to Having Friends That Don’t Look Like YouIt helps to be open.
    By Drake Baer
  16. The Most Important Personality Traits for CEOsIt comes down to projects.
    By Drake Baer
  17. Your Personality Starts Showing Up During InfancyTemperament starts early.
    By Drake Baer
  18. It Seems the Cigarette Industry Helped Create the Type A PersonalityA strange origin story for an enduring self-concept.
    By Melissa Dahl
  19. The Personality Traits That Make for Better FriendsEmotional instability is not what you’re looking for.
    By Drake Baer
  20. Altruistic People Have More SexA little kindness goes a long way (in bed).
    By Drake Baer
  21. introversion
    Introvert Hangovers Can Be Really RoughApparently, some people get physically ill from talking to others too much.
    By Jesse Singal
  22. So Maybe There’s Some Truth to That Whole Nerds-Versus-Jocks ThingResults of a new study that sound like they’re straight from a teen movie.
    By Cari Romm
  23. So, You Probably Have 3 SelvesAnd none of them are a personality “type.”
    By Drake Baer
  24. Why Declaring ‘I’m an Introvert!’ Limits Your LifeThere’s just so much more to personality, says a top personality psychologist.
    By Drake Baer
  25. If You Hate Spoilers, It May Be Because You’re Soooo SmartA new study offers up a pretty solid humblebrag.
    By Cari Romm
  26. People Who Love to Help Strangers Share the Same Endearing Personality TraitNice.
    By Drake Baer
  27. ‘Contemptuous’ Personalities Are a Thing, It Turns OutEver meet somebody who needs to belittle everyone around them?
    By Drake Baer
  28. Even Extroverts Find It Draining to Be Around Other Humans for Too LongToo much of a good thing.
    By Melissa Dahl
  29. If You’re Conscious of Your Body Language, You Might Be an Anxious PersonThe link between gesture and personality.
    By Cari Romm
  30. Turns Out Sharks Have Personalities, TooSome are brave, some are wimpy.
    By Cari Romm
  31. Rejoice, Nature-Haters — Cities Can Be Soothing, TooNeurotic people may find bustling urban environments less stressful than tranquil places.
    By Cari Romm
  32. The Not-So-Secret Secret to Happiness: Be Kinder to Yourself, Okay?The science of self-compassion.
    By Melissa Dahl
  33. Here’s a Test for Introversion You Can Do When You’re Home, Being IntrovertedGrab yourself a lemon and a cotton swab and let’s do some somewhat questionable science.
    By Melissa Dahl
  34. Is There Really Such Thing As a Cat Person?The link between pet preference and personality isn’t as clear-cut as people like to think.
    By Cari Romm
  35. anger
    Understand the Difference Between Regular You and Angry YouDon’t let angry you make a mess regular you is going to have to clean up.
    By Jesse Singal
  36. personality
    The Scientist Who Believes Your Personality Predicts Your Taste in MusicHmmm.
    By Tanya Basu
  37. creativity
    3 Insights From a New Book About CreativityThey mostly boil down to this: It’s about the process, not the results.  
    By Melissa Dahl
  38. interactive
    Are You a ‘Defensive Pessimist’?For some people, telling them to “look on the bright side” isn’t a great idea.
    By Jesse Singal
  39. personality
    Hillary Clinton Is an ‘Intro-Extrovert,’ and Maybe You Are, TooIf you’ve never felt like you’re fully an extrovert or an introvert, that’s likely because most people are a little bit of both.
    By Melissa Dahl
  40. New Research on Getting Caught in the ‘Impostor Cycle’Feeling like a fraud at work makes you behave like one; it also messes with researchers’ attempt to quantify the phenomenon.
    By Melissa Dahl
  41. sad trombone
    Bad News: You Can’t Blame Your Sisters for All Your Defects Those birth-order stereotypes might not be true.
    By Susan Rinkunas
  42. personality
    Extroverts Are Plenty Good at Thoughtful Stuff, TooBrainy problem-solving isn’t entirely the domain of the introvert.
    By Melissa Dahl
  43. personality
    Is It Possible to Be a Perfectionist Without Driving Yourself Nuts?The pursuit of perfection doesn’t have to end in self-loathing when you miss the mark.
    By Melissa Dahl
  44. narcissism
    Here Is a Really Easy Way to Identify a NarcissistIt’s just one question. 
    By Abraham Riesman and Melissa Dahl
  45. personality
    Where’s the ‘Real’ You — in Your Head or Your Heart?Your answer matters more than you might expect. 
    By Abraham Riesman
  46. personality
    Are You an Introvert — Or Are You Maybe an Undercover Narcissist?A trait some psychologists call “covert narcissism” sounds an awful lot like the popular definition of introversion.
    By Melissa Dahl
  47. personality
    Your Friends Are More Extroverted Than You AreAnother dimension of the friendship paradox. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  48. How Not to Spot a NarcissistNew research on a commonly held (but, apparently, wrong!) belief about the personality trait. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  49. work life
    The Cost of Faking Your Personality at WorkResearch on the limits of acting against your true nature.
    By Melissa Dahl
  50. personality
    The Health Perks of Being a NarcissistThe trait is linked with few physical or mental illnesses.
    By Melissa Dahl
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