Dec 10, 2021 | Learning, Personality, Psychology
“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...
Dec 8, 2021 | Personality, Psychology
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...
Nov 30, 2021 | Genetics, The Buzz
Researchers can now design and mass-produce genetic material — a technique that helped build the mRNA vaccines. What could it give us next? More…
Nov 17, 2021 | Hiring, The Buzz
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…
Nov 16, 2021 | geopsychology, The Buzz
The nascent field of geopsychology shows that the Big Five personality traits vary by region. But not all results conform to stereotype. More…
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