You know those people who seem to have an effortless knack for attracting good luck? Whether it's scoring a high-paying job, meeting their soulmate at the grocery store or somehow always finding a ...

The "dark triad" is a cluster of negative characteristics, whereas the "light triad" is a set of good personality traits. What's your combination? Some folks you meet are basically the human ...

You’ve met them at parties: people who are charismatic and have magnetic personalities. They exude that certain something — like authenticity or humor — and engage in a well-balanced cadence of ...

When you think about personality, it’s likely you regard it as an interesting quality to ponder but one that has a relatively limited impact on what happens to your health as you get older. So, you’re ...

Humans are generally terrible at self evaluation. Thanks to something known as the Lake Wobegon Effect, people tend to view themselves as smarter, more competent, and generally more awesome than they ...

The more outgoing and optimistic you are, the longer you may live, a new study suggests. Researchers have found that personality traits like being outgoing, optimistic, easygoing, and enjoying ...

While many people dive into the depths of their personalities through their zodiac signs and birth charts, did you know you can also learn a lot about who you are with a color? One trend that pops up ...

Julie Beck at the Atlantic reports on a new study, published in Social Science Research, that tracked who was likeliest out of a group of teenagers to be married or cohabitating in early adulthood.

Categorizing things can hel us humans process them, and personality traits are no exception. We tend to think of these traits as having either an inherently positive or negative connotation. Being ...