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Psychology | Personality

How gambling affects the brain and who is most vulnerable to addiction

Once confined mostly to casinos concentrated in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, access to gambling has expanded dramatically, including among children.

Psychology | Personality

A neuroscientist says these 4 'highly coveted' skills make introverts more successful than others

Neuroscientist Friederike Fabritius has worked with companies like Google and Deloitte on how to retain top talent. While many leaders prefer to hire extroverts, she says introverts are often more successful at work.

Psychology | Psychology

99 Psychological Facts About Personality (2022) Most People Don't Know

An attempt to understand the psychology behind personality started well into the 1920s and dates back to Freudian times. Although, at the time, much of psychology’s focus was based on behavior and the subconscious or

Psychology | Parenting and Kids

Pandemic may have altered some personalities to be more neurotic, less agreeable

The pandemic may have altered adults' personalities, making them somewhat less extroverted, open, agreeable and conscientious, a study found.

Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support

On Getting Rejected a Lot (and Liking It)

What do you do after getting turned down by a dream job? Keep getting turned down.

Psychology | Personality

What It’s Like to Get an Autism Diagnosis After Years of Being Called Difficult, Dramatic and Lazy

Sara Gibbs explores the trajectory of her life in the face of a society that perceived her quirks and exhaustion as exasperating character traits, often underestimating the pain she was in.

Psychology | Personality

How to Identify the 4 Subtle Steps a Narcissist Takes Before Invading Your Life

How to recognize even the most subtle and covert phases of narcissistic control, according to a psychologist.

Psychology | Personality

How to take things less personally | Psyche Guides

Always blaming yourself or assuming others think ill of you? A CBT therapist shares ways to break these self-critical habits

News | News

We Must Move Away from the Cult of Personality in Politics Before It's Too Late

The transformative Left, or the fascist left (same thing), has done a great job of duping the country into believing that our political system is simply the clash of cult titans; the politics of cult personalities. Moving forward in these very dangerous t

Psychology | Psychology

Understanding bad character: Research into the Dark Triad, digested – Research Digest

By Emma Young. Research into the Dark Triad shows no signs of slowing. But other psychologists are proposing different ways to get to grips with the darker side of human nature…

Psychology | Psychology

Our mental self-portraits contain clues about our personalities – Research Digest

By Emma Young. The findings are important not just for understanding how we all see ourselves, but could also be useful for studies into body image disorders

Psychology | Psychology

How Our Brain Preserves Our Sense of Self - Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

Embracing Our Imperfections

When we embrace vulnerability, learn from failure, and strive to be our best, we can truly and deeply connect with others.

Psychology | Personality

Here's How To Tell if You're an Outgoing Introvert | Well Good

You may be an outgoing introvert if you thrive in social settings, but tend to feel depleted once they're over—and crave alone time.

Psychology | Personality

Beyond Wealth and Fame: 9 Things That Boost Social Status | Psychology Today

New research identifies a checklist of universal character traits that can increase (or diminish) someone's social status.

Psychology | Personality

Who likes to be alone? Not introverts, according to a new paper on personality and the experience of solitude – Resear

By Christian Jarrett. These results suggest we need to rethink our assumptions about introverts and extraverts and how they experience being alone.

Miscellaneous | Interesting & Helpful Information

Honing What You Love to Do Will Give You a Chance to Succeed at Work

“People often succeed because they have a set of various skills that don’t normally go together.”

Psychology | Personality

Gene variants provide insight into brain, body incongruence in transgender -- ScienceDaily

Some of the first biological evidence of the incongruence transgender individuals experience, because their brain indicates they are one sex and their body another, may have been found in estrogen receptor pathways in the brain of 30 transgender individua

Psychology | Personality

80% of Millennials Feel Insecure and Inadequate

A new survey of 2,000 millennials reveals troubling statistics regarding how young adults see themselves in comparison to peers and older generations.

Psychology | Health & Wellbeing

Avoidance, Rumination, Procrastination and the Link to Depression

Procrastination is a very common aspect of depression. To help sufferers and their loved ones better understand this, I’ll unpack the links.

Psychology | Health & Wellbeing

Research Shows that Short Term Therapy Can Be a Game Changer

Just a few hours of therapy-like interventions can reduce some people’s anxiety.

Psychology | Personality

These 3 Personality Styles Are More Susceptible to Persuasion

Most people would scoff at the idea that they aren't in full control of their own decisions. However, a study out of England has identified certain personality profiles that make people more, or less, perceptible to different types of persuasion.

Miscellaneous | Interesting

The Perks of Being a Psychopath

"Always treat everyone with respect. You never know who is secretly a psychopath." - Alex Wayne, Diagnosis How does one go about identifying a psychopath? It's not easy, but researchers

Psychology | Health & Wellbeing

Feeling Disconnected from How One Used to Be is Linked to Depression

By Christian Jarrett. To the researchers' surprise, greater derailment preceded reductions in depression.

Psychology | Personality

Some Things Introverts With Social Anxiety Wish You Knew

Introversion and social anxiety are not the same thing, but that doesn't mean some of us "quiet ones" don't suffer from it. Here's what it's like.

Health & Fitness | Sleep

How a person sleeps is partially reflective of their personality, study finds

New research published in the European Journal of Personality has found that some personality traits are connected to how long and how well people sleep. ...

Psychology | Personality

Scientists determine four personality types based on new data: Comprehensive data analysis dispels established paradigms

Researchers have sifted through data from more than 1.5 million questionnaire respondents and found at least four distinct clusters of personality types exist: average, reserved, self-centered and role model. They are based on the five widely accepted bas

Health & Fitness | Sleep

Researchers Identify Sleep As A Key Reason Why Personality Traits Predict Longevity – Research Digest

By Christian Jarrett. People with certain personality characteristics are more likely to sleep too little, or too much, or to experience greater sleepiness during the day, and in turn this raises their risk of dying.

Psychology | Personality

Your Wow Moment | Psychology Today

You know that feeling when you’re creatively inspired or even a little transcendent. It is the moment when you solve a math equation and your existence lights up with what feels like divine clarity. That “wow” moment is delicious, but is there a way to ma

Advice & Self-Help | Meditation and Other Practices

Biology, Buddhism and our Interconnected "Selves"

Biology and Buddhism have converged in many ways, not least when it comes to the science of ecology.

Psychology | Psychology

Most Links Between Personality Traits and Life Outcomes Are Replicable, Study Shows – Association for Psychological

Links between personality traits and life outcomes found in previous research are largely reproducible, according to findings from a large-scale replication project.

Psychology | Personality

When Do You Know You Are Emotionally Mature? 26 Suggestions - The Book of LifeThe Book of Life

When Do You Know You Are Emotionally Mature? 26 Suggestions - The Book of Life is the 'brain' of The School of Life, a gathering of the best ideas around wisdom and emotional intelligence.

Psychology | Personality

Survey: Average Person Forms A First Impression In Just 27 Seconds! - Study Finds

You better have your introduction down to a speedy art on that next blind date or job interview. A recent survey finds you only have about 27 seconds to make a good first impression on someone new.

Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support

The everyday experiences that make us feel loved

By Christian Jarrett. People experience love in many situations beyond just romantic relationships.

Psychology | Personality

Shame may feel awful but it is fundamental to survival

By Emma Young. Shame functions like pain – as a warning not to repeat a behaviour that threatens our wellbeing. 

Psychology | Personality

What Are Ego Blind Spots?

An essay encourages people to consider their “ego blind spots”: hidden drives and assumptions that prompt us to keep repeating destructive knee-jerk reactions and behaviors. Is it possible to find these blind spots and reconsider (or eliminate) them?

Psychology | Personality

Coping Styles That Will Ease Your Worries

If you are feeling stressed or overwhelmed, here are two coping styles that will help ease your worries. Because when you're stressed it's important to have a plan.

Psychology | Personality

A new "intelligence" test has been developed by psychologists — Quartz

But many have argued that evaluating something as complex as intelligence using just one measure is bound to be wrong.

Advice & Self-Help | Meditation and Other Practices

How I Learned That You Have the Power to Change Your Own Life

There were moments when it was easier to walk away, but I learned that change happens when you decide to keep going.

Psychology | Personality

Desiring to alter personality not enough unless you take concrete action to change –

By Christian Jarrett. Active behavioural change is required to achieve shifts in personality.

Psychology | Personality

The Science Behind Why We Procrastinate — Breather Insights

Procrastination is a near-universal experience. Who hasn’t felt the impulse to briefly shrink away from our responsibilities to check our feeds, gossip with coworkers or just stare off into space?

Psychology | Parenting and Kids

Yes, Violent Video Games Trigger Aggression, but Debate Lingers - Scientific American

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

Health & Fitness | Sleep

Struggling in the Dark - Mindful

Lots of research tells us what the best habits are around sleep, but if we are trying too hard day and night, rest may not come easily.

Psychology | Personality

Your Personality Doesn't Change Much When You're Drunk, Study Finds

If you think you've got an alter ego when you're drunk, think again. A new study finds your personality actually isn't all that different while intoxicated.

Psychology | Personality

Why Children From Abusive Families Analyze Every Single Detail

It is a well-known fact our families are one of the guiding factors that shape our personalities while we're growing up. Parents raise us to the best of their

Psychology | Personality

This Is the Age When Your Self-Esteem Is Highest, Study Says | Time

A new study looks at how self-esteem changes with age, beginning from childhood to old age. Here's when self-esteem is highest.

Health & Fitness | Psychology

Understanding Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder

The term "passive-aggressive" is used to describe behavior that expresses defiance or hostility indirectly, rather than openly.

News | The News

Quiz: Birth Order and Personality, Relationships, Theory, and More

Take this WebMD quiz to find out how your birth order may affect who you are.

Psychology | Psychology & Psychological Research

There’s no significant connection between your personality as a teenager and a septuagenarian — Quartz

Look at a photo of yourself as a teenager and, mistaken fashion choices aside, it’s likely you see traces of the same person with the same personality quirks as you are today. But whether or not you truly are the same person over a lifetime—and what t

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

How to Change Your Personality -- Science of Us

A big new study promises you are (probably) not stuck with yourself.

Family & Parenting | Family and Parenting

Rejection By This Parent Does Most Damage To Personality

Both parents affect your personality, but rejection by one parent could be more critical for long-term development.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice

5 Easy Ways to Network for People Who Loathe Networking

You don't need to be the most outgoing person in the world to succeed at networking—we promise.

Advice & Self-Help | Lifestyle

10 Signs You Are Probably An Ambivert

by Anisha Tyagi, LifeHack Nowadays, if you identify as an introvert or an extravert, the internet is a wonderful resource for you to affirm your sense of self, find a community of similar individua...

News | Interesting Links

3 secrets to the billionaire personality

"Billionaires are different," a report on billionaire personality traits said, citing three personality traits that are "essential" for success.

News | Interesting Links

Two Personality Traits Which Predict Long Life

Why friends are better at predicting how long you’ll live from personality traits. Men with conscientious personality traits and those who are open to experience live longer, a new study finds. For women, those who are more agreeable and emotionally st

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

You Had Me At Hello: The Science Behind First Impressions

Maybe it's true that you never get a second chance to make a first impression. People are judging your personality from the first word you speak, scientists say. Try it yourself with our quiz.