Category: Personality

Study suggests Pokémon Go could help people who struggle socially

From the University of British Columbia press release: Video games may have a reputation for attracting introverts, but when it comes to augmented reality games like Pokémon Go, extroverts tend… Read more »

Study suggests Industrial Revolution may have left a damaging psychological ‘imprint’ on today’s populations

From the University of Cambridge press release: People living in the former industrial heartlands of England and Wales are more disposed to negative emotions such as anxiety and depressive moods,… Read more »

Study suggests employee-job personality match linked with higher income

From the Association for Psychological Science press release: An employee whose personality traits closely match the traits that are ideal for her job is likely to earn more than an… Read more »

Study suggests risk of distracted driving predicted by age, gender, personality and driving frequency

From the Frontiers press release: New research identifies age, gender, personality and how often people drive as potential risk factors for becoming distracted while driving. Young men, extroverted or neurotic… Read more »

Study suggests “dark triad” personality traits are liabilities in hedge fund managers

From the Society for Personality and Social Psychology press release: When it comes to financial investments, hedge fund managers higher in “dark triad” personality traits — psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism —… Read more »

Study debunks claim of “narcissism epidemic” among college students

From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release: Today’s college students are slightly less narcissistic than their counterparts were in the 1990s, researchers report in a new study — not… Read more »