Curiosity app suggests you can tweak your personality traits

With a curiosity-building app, researchers explore how personality can shift through small daily actions.

Debra Herrick-UC Santa Barbara • futurity
June 16, 2025 ~6 min

How do your genes shape your personality?

Researchers have discovered more about how your genes shape your personality by identifying new genetic sites tied with certain traits.

Yale • futurity
Sept. 16, 2024 ~7 min


The pandemic changed people’s personality traits

New research digs into how the COVID-19 pandemic changed people's personality traits—and not always in the ways you might expect.

Leah Shaffer - Washington University in St. Louis • futurity
March 12, 2024 ~5 min

Being weird can be a blessing and curse for Shark Tank entrepreneurs

For entrepreneurs, being unapologetically weird can be an advantage. But, it can also be a liability, a new study shows.

Alexandra Richter-U. Buffalo • futurity
Oct. 26, 2023 ~4 min

Guilt-prone people in power are less likely to be corrupt

"People who are prone to feeling guilt in their everyday lives are less likely to take bribes," says Hongbo Yu.

Sonia Fernandez-UCSB • futurity
June 28, 2023 ~6 min

Our social media use falls into 4 categories

Four broad categories capture the myriad ways we use social media, say researchers. And each category is tied to a cluster of personality traits.

Gerry Everding-WUSTL • futurity
June 8, 2023 ~9 min

The ideal office space depends on personality

"The workspace should be designed to fit the worker, and not the other way around," says Esther Sternberg.

U. Arizona • futurity
March 3, 2023 ~5 min

To predict anti-LGBTQ prejudice, look to personality?

People high in antagonistic personality traits are more likely to endorse negative beliefs about homosexual and transgender people, research finds.

U. Oregon • futurity
Jan. 18, 2023 ~4 min


1 in 5 college students coupled up during COVID-19

New research suggests college students' personalities played a role in who formed new relationships during COVID-19.

Kim Ward-Michigan State • futurity
Nov. 7, 2022 ~4 min

Personality shapes interest in stress relief events with cats

Cats are often left out of animal visitation events aimed at reducing stress, but researchers say the right people could really benefit.

Scott Weybright-Washington State • futurity
Oct. 25, 2022 ~6 min

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