News tagged with personality trait


Weight gain linked with personality trait changes

People who gain weight are more likely to give in to temptations but also are more thoughtful about their actions, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Scienc ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 06, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study supports alternative model for personality disorders in upcoming DSM-5

A new "alternative model" included in the upcoming Fifth Edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM -5) lines up well with the current approach to diagnosis ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 10, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Study: Facebook profile beats IQ test in predicting job performance

Can a person's Facebook profile reveal what kind of employee he or she might be? The answer is yes, and with unnerving accuracy, according to a new paper published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (19) | comments 16

Good night's sleep linked to happiness

(Medical Xpress)—Want a good night's sleep? Be positive – consistently. Although happiness is generally good for sleeping, when a person's happiness varies a lot in reaction to daily ups and downs, sleep suffers, reports ...

Health created Apr 29, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mental picture of others can be seen using fMRI, new study finds

It is possible to tell who a person is thinking about by analyzing images of his or her brain. Our mental models of people produce unique patterns of brain activation, which can be detected using advanced imaging techniques ...

Neuroscience created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Expensive egos: Narcissism has a higher health cost for men

The personality trait narcissism may have an especially negative effect on the health of men, according to a recent study published in PLoS ONE.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Not getting sleepy? Study explains why hypnosis doesn't work for all

Not everyone is able to be hypnotized, and new research from the Stanford University School of Medicine shows how the brains of such people differ from those who can easily be.

Neuroscience created Oct 03, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Response and recovery in the brain may predict well-being

(Medical Xpress)—It has long been known that the part of the brain called the amygdala is responsible for recognition of a threat and knowing whether to fight or flee from the danger.

Neuroscience created Feb 05, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Frequent multitaskers are bad at it: Motorists overrate ability to talk on cell phones when driving

Most people believe they can multitask effectively, but a University of Utah study indicates that people who multitask the most – including talking on a cell phone while driving – are least capable of ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

People love talking about themselves, brain scans show

(HealthDay) -- Got something to report about yourself? An opinion, perhaps, or a status update? Nobody may care except you, but new brain research suggests you can make yourself feel good simply by sharing.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

'Universal' personality traits don't necessarily apply to isolated indigenous people

Five personality traits widely thought to be universal across cultures might not be, according to a study of an isolated Bolivian society.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Dopamine-receptor gene variant linked to human longevity

(Medical Xpress)—A variant of a gene associated with active personality traits in humans seems to also be involved with living a longer life, UC Irvine and other researchers have found.

Neuroscience created Jan 03, 2013 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Calling Miss Congeniality—do attractive people have attractive traits and values?

We've all been warned not to "judge a book by its cover," but inevitably we do it anyway. It's difficult to resist the temptation of assuming that a person's outward appearance reflects something meaningful about his or her ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 15, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

People with low risk for cocaine dependence have differently shaped brain to those with addiction

People who take cocaine over many years without becoming addicted have a brain structure which is significantly different from those individuals who developed cocaine-dependence, researchers have discovered. New research ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 17, 2013 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Traumatic childhood may increase the risk of drug addiction: study

Previous research has shown that personality traits such as impulsivity or compulsiveness are indicators of an increased risk of addiction. Now, new research from the University of Cambridge suggests that these impulsive ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast