We often imagine people with dark personalities as obvious villains. But science reveals a far stranger truth, showing how ...

Stephen Shore, an autistic professor of special education at Adelphi University, has said: “If you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism.” This quote is popular in the ...

At a basic level, knowing yourself and your preferences can work as an intuitive guide for making most kinds of decisions.

How animals evolve and develop traits is basically the foundation of evolutionary biology. Whether it be animal, plant, bacteria or fungi, there is one organism that gave rise to all those types of ...

People who are organized, with high levels of self-discipline, may be less likely to develop mild cognitive impairment as they age, while people who are moody or emotionally unstable are more likely ...

New research found that changes in the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease are often visible early on in individuals with personality traits associated with the condition. The study focused on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the psychology of leadership, tech and entrepreneurship. For instance, here are six work-related traits that are ...

Rather than have students memorize definitions and facts about a science topic such as light, an effective first grade teacher today would have students investigate various types of objects under ...