Recent psychological research has identified distinct personality profiles that shed light on why some individuals turn to sexual behavior to manage emotional distress while others do not. The ...

Genetic factors account for much of the variation in personality traits across the lifespan. Shared upbringing plays a ...

Researchers have developed the first scientifically validated "personality test" framework for popular AI chatbots, and have ...

Psychologists have been studying personality for a very long time. Thinking about personality as a collection of traits goes all the way back to ancient Greece and Rome, and trait theorists such as ...

New research finds AI chatbots mimic human personality traits and can be shaped through prompts, raising questions about ...

When it comes to understanding differing human behaviors about those around us, we often turn to popular indicators like Myers-Briggs Type, the Big 5, or Enneagrams as frameworks. These personality ...

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have a compelling new data point to add to the nature vs. nurture debate about what shapes human behavior and traits. Data from a massive global survey ...

Personality is a critical driver of health and longevity," said paper author and psychologist Páraic Ó’Súilleabháin.

Associations of personality traits with physical activity and sedentary behavior were observed in a study conducted at the Gerontology Research Centre and the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at ...

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A study from the University of Limerick analyzing almost six million person-years of data has revealed that personality ...