As a Ph.D. student, I wanted to understand the evolution of individual differences in fruit fly behavior – the building blocks of personality. My experiments involved measuring how my tiny subjects ...

A new study shows that older adults can successfully change personality traits and socio-emotional skills through targeted intervention.

"Evolutionary biologists have long been interested in individual differences (Darwin, 1859), but often regard individual variation within a population as the raw material on which selection acts ...

An individual’s genetics and their environment both shape their personality. However, opinions differ on the degree to which each of these factors influences personality, and how they contribute to ...

In the modern workplace, technical skills and experience can take you far—but self-awareness and understanding others can take you further. That’s the premise of Personality Intelligence: Master the ...

One of the hottest topics in the field of animal behavior is the study of personality in nonhuman species. This work goes under many names besides personality: animalities, coping styles, and ...