The longitudinal stability of personality is low in childhood but increases substantially into
adulthood. Theoretical explanations for this trend differ in the emphasis placed on intrinsic …

Personality traits are the relatively enduring patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviors that
reflect the tendency to respond in certain ways under certain circumstances. Twin and family …

According to twin studies, the Big Five personality traits have substantial heritable
components explaining 40–60% of the variance, but identification of associated genetic …

460 BUSS evolved solutions to the adaptive problems our species has faced over millions of
years. Because personality psychology is dedicated to studying human nature in all of its …

Importance Neuroticism is a pervasive risk factor for psychiatric conditions. It genetically
overlaps with major depressive disorder (MDD) and is therefore an important phenotype for …

With the advent of increasingly accessible technologies for ty** genetic variation, studies
of gene-environment (G× E) interactions have proliferated in psychological research. Among …

Abstract Human personality is 30–60% heritable according to twin and adoption studies.
Hundreds of genetic variants are expected to influence its complex development, but few …

Personality neuroscience aims to find associations between brain measures and personality
traits. Findings to date have been severely limited by a number of factors, including small …

Extraversion is a relatively stable and heritable personality trait associated with numerous
psychosocial, lifestyle and health outcomes. Despite its substantial heritability, no genetic …

Experimental studies of learning suggest that human temperament may depend on the
molecular mechanisms for associative conditioning, which are highly conserved in animals …