personality

In 1998, former New Yorker editor Tina Brown went into business with Harvey Weinstein. That was a colossal mistake.

Learn how to cope with your stress by better understanding which stress personality type you are.

The goal should be satisfaction, not perfection—why good enough is good enough.

Beware of the “fallacy of excessive expertise.”

There are scientifically proven ways you can improve your self-esteem, right now.

People who score highly on the dark triad are vain, callous, and manipulative.

A study reveals these brains exhibit less cortical surface area and gray matter.

Infidelity, an inherently selfish behavior, has been analyzed by researchers to help us understand why people cheat in relationships.

Juggling conscious experience with the machinations of the mind can create the ultimate audience experience.

Or is “the hidden orientation” more complex than that?

Those who think they’re better at lying than average seem to have a few things in common.

Job applicants now have to contend with the growing use of artificial intelligence in hiring decisions.

Research suggests dog ownership may improve heart health, decrease depression, and even help you live longer.

The dominatrix profession demands a mastery of human psychology and the ability to command life’s many challenges.

What if patience, and maybe other personality features too, are more a product of where we are than who we are?

People who score high in “dark triad” personality traits are able to empathize. They’d just rather not.

“That which does not kill us, makes us stronger”?

Are we born with self-control? Or does context change our behavior?

Psychologists discover why people participate in scary attractions.

Can rock climbing help rocket scientists?

How does gratitude work its mental magic?

A new study finds that casually fibbing to children results in lifelong issues.

Before you judge someone’s personality based in their playlist, you may want to read the results of this study.

Most of us can’t imagine wanting absolute control over a nation or feeling compelled to commit mass murders — so then what is it about a dictator’s psychology that makes them different?

Most of us have heard of Abraham Maslow and his hierarchy of needs, but Maslow doesn’t have a monopoly on self-actualization.

Why would people rate certain names as being more extraverted or more agreeable?

In a new study, people who posted a lot of selfies were generally viewed as less likeable and more lonely.

We like to think of creativity as an inherently good thing. History and science say otherwise.

These prior beliefs help us make sense of what we are perceiving in the present.

Brain plasticity. Mindful superpowers. Pokémon invading our grey matter. Scientists have only begun to learn about the human brain.