Sharing a favorite band with a romantic partner might mean more than just having an easy time picking out a concert to attend ...

Who we are and who we become may be in our genes, at least partially. A new study links a variety of gene variants to various ...

Following a traumatic brain injury, patients frequently experience enduring personality changes such as irritability, depression, and mood swings.

A massive genetic analysis of over a million people has identified hundreds of specific DNA variations tied to human ...

A study of more than a million genomes linked 1,260 DNA variants to major personality traits, though genes explain only a ...

Turns out your DNA has opinions about your personality.

More than 1,200 genetic variants have been linked to the Big Five personality traits, and many of the same variants are also associated with health, longevity, careers, income, and everyday habits.

More than one million genomes helped identify DNA variants linked to extroversion, agreeableness, neuroticism and more. Researchers measured how those traits influenced how people lived. By Emily ...

A psychiatrist explained why people with higher levels of neuroticism may be more likely to spend longer in hospital.

The largest study of its kind has uncovered the genetic links of traits like extraversion and agreeableness.

People often imagine that any improvement to their memory is doomed to fail. New personality research on personality's ...

Recent psychology research indicates that while most people base their support for political violence on their personal ideological beliefs, individuals with high levels of psychopathy and sadism tend ...