Nature vs Nurture: How your genes shape who you are
Identical twins separated at birth give us insights into the interplay between genetic and environmental influences on our behaviour and our traits. These twin studies help scientists like Dr Nancy Segal understand what makes us who we are - and what role our genes...
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Your Perception of Self Becomes Blurrier Over Time
Summary: Self-perception becomes blurrier over time, the further away you get from the present, researchers report. Source: Dartmouth College When you look at two objects close to you such as two leaves, it’s easy to tell them apart but when they are farther away from...
Psychology Today – What if You Don’t Like Your Personality?
"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” — e. e. cummings KEY POINTS You may have gotten negative messages—whether from parents, siblings, peers, or teachers—to eradicate certain aspects of your inborn nature. Your self-protective adaptations to...
Which Personality Traits Can Be Improved Without Personal Motivation?
Does successfully changing personality traits via intervention require that participants be autonomously motivated to change? A growing body of research suggests that personality traits can be changed through intervention. Theorists have speculated that successful...
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The Gene-Synthesis Revolution
Researchers can now design and mass-produce genetic material — a technique that helped build the mRNA vaccines. What could it give us next? More...
Taming the wild west of AI-based hiring
New laws and regulations are aiming to draw some boundaries for the fast-growing but often black-box approach of using AI to hire employees. More...
Geopsychology: Your personality depends on where you live
The nascent field of geopsychology shows that the Big Five personality traits vary by region. But not all results conform to stereotype. More...