AI has a Personality, but it doesn’t mean anything… yet
I just read this preprint[1] in which researchers have adapted a standard personality test (a version of the OCEAN Big 5 model) to assess LLMs’ …
5 Deep Personality Traits, beyond introverts/extroverts
Learning your personality type is probably the most basic way to conceptualize yourself. And, considering we are meaning & pattern-seeking creatures, understanding personality becomes a …
Are you an Autotelic Person? [Test yourself]
“The motivation to do a task comes from the satisfaction of getting to do the task.” If this is relatable, chances are you have the …
Need for Cognition: A personality trait of hungry brains
“Need for cognition” is a personality tendency describing how much people engage and love to engage in effortful cognitive activities like thinking. If one loves …
How to define who you are: Self-worth and Identity
Who am I? This is a question many people ask, and they try to answer it at multiple levels. The most common are their name, …
What the Flow State feels like, and how to Enter it
What is flow? Flow is an experience where a person is deeply engaged with an activity they enjoy. It occurs when there is an optimal …
So you are a Highly Sensitive Person, here’s what it means!
Overwhelmed. Too loud. I need some silence. That movie was too much for my senses. I can’t stop crying about what Elsa went through. Too …
Sensation Seeking: What it is + How it affects you
Sensation seeking is the tendency to seek high-intensity experiences and novelty. Sensation seekers typically want bold, complex, varied, and dramatic experiences as opposed to mild, …
How to Find Yourself and Explore Your Identity + Ways to Escape a Mid/Quarter-life Crisis
We have 3 levels of identity. When people want to discover their true self or find themselves, they really mean to create a new version …
14 Signs of High Intelligence. Do you show these?
Without taking an Intelligence Quotient test, what traits, thoughts patterns, or behaviors would a high IQ person show? When we observe or interact with people, …
Who appears intelligent? Why are some of them childish?
There is a general stereotype that intelligent or super-intelligent people are childish or immature. Why is that? Apart from the fact that some people appear …
What’s your attachment style? Insights from Attachment Theory
Do you sometimes wonder how some of your friends feel calm and secure in their relationships with others, while another friend can’t seem to get …
How Social Media affects Mental Health, Behavior, & Wellbeing
The psychology of social media (research summary) Long article. Table of contents below. The mobile phone scrolling posture – Head down, finger on the mobile …
The Beautiful Science of Ugliness Reveals Ugly Truths About How we Judge Others
This is a long article with tonnes of research and explanations for factors related to the concept of ugly. I have detailed research insights on …
The Social Psychology Of Heavy Metal & Rock Music: Research On Metalheads
Picture this: A bunch of unique-looking headbanging people listening to heavy music; entering a whirlpool of human collision in front of their favorite artist; raising …
Everyone’s intelligence is unique and changeable. Here is why.
Everyone is made up of the same matter; most humans have the same anatomy – 2 hands, 2 legs, 1 head, etc. Layouts are roughly …