From the Virginia Commonwealth University press release: Psychopathy is widely recognized as a risk factor for violent behavior, but many psychopathic individuals refrain from antisocial or criminal acts. Understanding what leads these psychopaths to be…
From the Uppsala University press release: Individuals with social anxiety disorder have markedly different personality traits than others. Emotional instability and introversion are hallmarks, according to a new study from Uppsala University published in PLOS ONE.…
From the NIH/National Institute of Mental Health press release: Researchers investigating how temperament shapes adult life-course outcomes have found that behavioral inhibition in infancy predicts a reserved, introverted personality at age 26. For those individuals…
From the Tohoku University press release: Walking is one of our most natural, daily actions. Now, a new study led by a Tohoku University researcher suggests that walkers use step synchronization as a form of…
From the University of Edinburgh press release: People of different generations are equally lonely but for different reasons, a study suggests. Living alone increases the risk of loneliness in older age whereas in midlife feeling…
From the University of Bonn press release: Toxic personality is a term used to describe people who behave greedily, immodestly and unfairly and take the truth very lightly. Dr. Mareike Kholin, Bastian Kückelhaus and Prof.…
From the University of Geneva press release: Alzheimer’s disease, the main cause of dementia in the elderly, is a neurodegenerative disease caused by the irreversible destruction of neuronal networks in certain brain structures affecting memory.…
From the RMIT University press release: New research shows that experiencing chronic job insecurity can change your personality for the worse. The study, published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, found those exposed to job insecurity…
From the Michigan State University press release: Michigan State University research found that those who are optimistic contribute to the health of their partners, staving off the risk factors leading to Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and…
From the University of California – Davis press release: It has long been believed that people can’t change their personalities, which are largely stable and inherited. But a review of recent research in personality science…