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In this review we cover an ever-expanding body of research across many disciplines that altogether underscores the importance of individual differences in personality traits on ones’ physical and mental health trajectories across the life span. Critically, we show that personality factors are important to health and longevity. We discuss which pers...
On a large sample of 2288 Han Chinese undergraduates, we investigated how religion and DRD4 are related to human altruistic giving behavior as measured with the Andreoni-Miller Dictator Game. This game enables us to clearly specify (non-)selfishness, efficiency, and fairness motives for sharing. Participants were further classified into religious c...
Twin and family studies suggest that political attitudes are partially determined by an individual's genotype. The dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4) exon III repeat region that has been extensively studied in connection with human behaviour, is a plausible candidate to contribute to individual differences in political attitudes. A first United State...
Creativity enables humans to adapt flexibly to changing circumstances, to manage complex social relations and to survive and
prosper through social, technological and medical innovations. In humans, chronic, trait-based as well as temporary, state-based
approach orientation has been linked to increased capacity for divergent rather than convergent...
Human beings are an extraordinarily altruistic species often willing to help strangers at a considerable cost (sometimes life itself) to themselves. But as Darwin noted “… he who was ready to sacrifice his life, as many a savage has been, rather than betray his comrades, would often leave no offspring to inherit his noble nature.” Hence, this is th...
