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Scientists agreed some time ago that nice guys – individuals who tend to be friendly and cooperative – have a lot to lose in the real world, primarily because of others' selfishness. However, a new research shows that that is not always the case.
In a paper published in the journal Proceedings of t... |
17 November 2011
09:32 GMT |
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A group of experts from the University of the Basque Country (UBC) says that certain forms of prejudice may in fact be personality traits that are common to a certain group of individuals.
The experts mostly focused their efforts on understanding why certain people have generalized beliefs about other social groups... |
9 November 2011
09:33 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific study, it would appear that personality traits can indeed influence a person's weight, either in a positive or a negative manner. The investigation is based on an accurate analysis of more than 50 years of data in this field.Simple personality traits can be statis... |
19 July 2011
08:59 GMT |
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Studies conducted on the influence on personality on happiness have revealed that those who tend to focus on positive experiences are more likely to experience greater personal happiness. In a new study, scientists provide an explanation for why this connection exists. Popular wisdom has it that people who tend to fo... |
3 May 2011
08:43 GMT |
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Increasingly often, studies are adding new evidence to theories suggesting that animals have personalities as well, and that these traits are similarly influential on their lives as our personalities are on our own. This was also the conclusion of the newest investigation on this issue, which was led by experts at th... |
28 April 2011
05:10 GMT |
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It seems that people are better at guessing the personality traits of individuals they find physically attractive, during brief encounters, concluded a new University of British Columbia study.Professor Jeremy Biesanz, UBC Department of Psychology, who co-authored the study with PhD student Lauren Human and undergrad... |
22 December 2010
06:29 GMT |
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People who are very opened to new experiences are more likely to get chills from listening to music, concluded a study, carried out by researchers of University of North Carolina at Greensboro.Emily Nusbaum and Paul Silvia, carried out a study on students, asking them how often they felt chills down their spine, got ... |
8 December 2010
06:23 GMT |
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Whoever believes that being shy is a sign of weakness and that only humans and pets had personality, should read about the latest discovery of University of Gothenburg (Sweden) scientists.They have discovered that brown trout also have individual characters and different personalities.Bart Adriaenssens and Jörge... |
6 December 2010
10:41 GMT |
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In a new study, researchers discovered that the way people dance holds clues to some long-standing personality traits that are unique to each individual. In this sense, one may be able to tell a lot about a person by simply watching them dance. The research was built on previous investigations, which showed that the ... |
24 November 2010
09:06 GMT |
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In a first-of-its-kind research, experts determined that each person's personality traits and social activity patterns interact to determine that person's vulnerability to experiencing sleep deprivation.The new research paper, which appears in the November 1 issue of the esteemed scientific journal SLEEP, i... |
1 November 2010
10:55 GMT |
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Physical activity as well as the energy generated by an individual could be linked to traits of their personality, suggests a new research carried out by the University of New South Wales.Dr Peter Biro, a senior lecturer in the UNSW Evolution and Ecology Research Center and an Australian Research Council Future Fello... |
14 October 2010
02:57 GMT |
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In a finding that may finally help explains why introverted individuals prefer to spend their time on their own, researchers discovered that these people tend to place less meaning on the faces they see than socially-opened peers. In other words, the new research indicates that extroverted people are more attentive t... |
19 August 2010
06:35 GMT |
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A team of investigators in the United Kingdom announces the development of the first prototypes of robots that can interact with humans via emotions. The machines develop the emotions as they interact with human caregivers, and are able to express some emotions of their own, the team says. The research effort was led... |
9 August 2010
07:03 GMT |
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Many people know that a person's character and personality is largely established by the time they are very young. The traits that will define that individual throughout his or her life can be clearly identified when he or she is as little as 7 years old. In a new investigation, scientists show that, by the time... |
6 August 2010
10:08 GMT |
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EA Sports has dismissed the September 24 launch date that several retailers listed for its FIFA 11 football simulation. The Electronic Arts division has offered a statement revealing that the date is “pure speculation” adding that the intention is to actually announce the real release date in the coming w... |
7 July 2010
06:16 GMT |
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In a new set of scientific experiments, carried out on individuals aged between 44 and 88, it was determined that personality traits may be linked to the rate at which the brain shrinks as people get older. The correlation was never-before hinted at, and psychologists at the University of Washington in St. Louis, who... |
26 April 2010
10:59 GMT |
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Swedish researcher Stefan Wagnsson announced during the dissertation speech he gave at the Karlstad University that sports, regardless of whether they were individual or team-based, did not contribute to the formation of character and personality of small children as much as first thought. The researcher said that th... |
22 December 2009
14:01 GMT |
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In an interesting turn of events, scientists have determined that taking antidepressants tends to change the personalities of patients, but they say that the changes are probably for the best. The investigation has relied on studying a number of medications that are widely used to treat depression these days. The gro... |
8 December 2009
03:04 GMT |
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Scientists at the University of Exeter have recently completed their latest scientific study, which hints at the fact that males may have more pronounced personality traits across a wide range of species, from humans to house sparrows. Traits such as aggression and daring, which are sought-for in a male, and preferre... |
18 November 2009
21:21 GMT |
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A new scientific study released by experts at the University of Miami looks at the influence that personal traits such as physical attractiveness have on academic performances and on how students, both male and female, make use of their beauty. It has also sought to understand if a person's beauty is enough to p... |
23 April 2009
06:58 GMT |
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A new study demonstrates that people who over-appreciate themselves usually emerge as leaders of previously leaderless groups. This is because their overconfidence in their own abilities often becomes accepted by the respective groups and integrated in their regular beliefs, which makes narcissistic people more likel... |
8 October 2008
03:41 GMT |
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How much time did you spend thinking before choosing the right alphanumeric or whatever type of characters to represent you in the Internet community? Yes, we're talking about email, and yes, you guessed right that email addresses seem to label us from the moment someone who doesn't know us receives a messa... |
15 August 2008
10:20 GMT |
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Whether you want to lose weight or you have any other personal improvement wish, self-control is essential. But for some, this may prove to be extremely complicated. We are motivated by one of two basic needs: we are either "promotion-focused" (looking for items that will help us achieve hopes and aspirations) or "pr... |
28 January 2008
04:52 GMT |
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Well, it seems that being a good girl or boy really makes you more beautiful/handsome, as it has been revealed by a new research, published in "Personal Relationships". Persons displaying positive personality traits (both women and men), like honesty, kindness or helpfulness, are regarded as more physically attractiv... |
30 November 2007
03:43 GMT |
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After finding five different types of snoring, Professor Chris Idzikowski, director of the Sleep Assessment and Advisory Service, has come with an analysis linking the personality of each other with the sleeping position s/he's got. His analysis encompasses six common sleeping positions, connected each other to ... |
16 July 2007
14:31 GMT |
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The game industry has been cashing out on the technological progress age we are going through, it's a match made in Heaven. The hardware manufacturers raise the bar with faster processors, larger hard drives, more powerful video cards, and so on, but, if there weren't for software and game developers to cre... |
10 April 2007
08:29 GMT |
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The main difference among individuals lies in their personality. One's personality consists in his/her general profile or in the special combination of psychological traits of character that refer to his/her unique nature. One's unique combination of psychological features leads to the way in which that spe... |
2 July 2006
05:18 GMT |
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