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Classical or Country? Music Choices Can Indicate Some Aspects of Personality
In particular, the personality traits ‘openness to experience’ and extraversion were uniquely associated with preferences for specific types of music
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Bouchard Receives Dunnette Prize for Study of Individual Difference
APS Fellow Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr., professor emeritus of psychology and Director of the Minnesota Center for Twin and Adoption Research at the University of Minnesota, has been awarded the Dunnette Prize for the Study
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Run All the Models! Dealing With Data Analytic Flexibility
An analytic approach sheds light on a literature full of contradictory findings, revealing the multiverse of results that can emerge when researchers make different decisions about how to examine the same dataset.
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Narcissism is a Driving Hazard, Research Suggests
The more narcissistic drivers are, the more angry and aggressive they reported becoming on the road.
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The Minds of Medalists
Psychological scientists have identified what distinguishes the athletes that made it to Winter Olympics, and what predicts their chances of standing on the medal podium.
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We took the world’s most scientific personality test—and discovered unexpectedly sexist results
Personality tests are both incredibly popular and largely bogus. BuzzFeed made its name in part by publishing quizzes telling readers which ‘90s kid they are, which Friends character they are, which Disney princess they are