Being dutiful, orderly, and organized are key facets of conscientiousness. These seemingly admirable qualities may not always ...

She's in her late thirties now, and the traits that got flagged as problems have turned out to be some of the most functional ...

Laurie Clarke delves into the devilishly complex forces that shape our personalities – and the new research revealing ever more about how our genes do, and don't, make us who we are. In 2009, ...

You can forget about your horoscope or Myers-Briggs result. By-and-large, they’re nothing more than a bit of fun ...

For most of human history, the idea that work should be “fun” would have seemed, at best, absurd and, at worst, offensive.

In 2009, a defence lawyer in Trieste, Italy, successfully argued that his client's possession of the so-called warrior gene, ...

Our sleep habits reveal a great deal about our inner workings, and the specific position you slept in last night reveals what ...

Phone calls are something of a dying art. You can blame texting, email, social media messengers and generational preferences.

Associations of personality traits with physical activity and sedentary behavior were observed in a study. Individuals characterized by high conscientiousness and extraversion are more likely to ...

A 10-minute set-up for automated deposits and sustainable spending buffers prevent minor financial lapses from derailing long ...

Think about a person in your life who has always needed to be the most important one in the room. Maybe it was a parent, a ...

Courage is widely considered a fundamental human virtue. A professor of psychology and a university president break down the ...