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 ...

In recent decades, canine cognitive tests which measure, for example, problem-solving ability, memory, logical reasoning and impulse control in various situations, have been extensively used in many ...

Why do some people do more for the community than others? A new study from the University of Zurich, available on the PsyArXiv preprint server, now shows that personality traits such as extraversion ...

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

In social interactions, we often rely on established norms and cues to interpret behavior. When someone deviates from these, it can easily be perceived as impolite or even rude. However, what if some ...

People’s willingness to do volunteer work or give to charity differs greatly. Besides financial and social incentives, individual differences in people’s personality can explain why some of us are ...