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 ...

The way a person jokes may offer a subtle glimpse into their underlying psychological makeup and how they handle ...

The Big Five personality traits refer to the basic human characteristics that make up a person’s personality, according to research done by various psychologists and scientists. Personality is unique ...

Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) scientists have developed a method for generating personality assessment questionnaires ...

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 ...