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Cat People Are More Distinctive Than Dog People – Scott McGreal (Unique—Like Everybody Else)
A large survey found that self-identified dog people and cat people differ in all of the Big Five personality traits. Cat people have a personality profile that stands out from other people more than that of dog people. Whether these personality differences affect other life outcomes such as happiness, has not been explored.
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Internet Ranting and the Myth of Catharsis – Scott McGreal (Unique—Like Everybody Else)
Recent research has found that internet rants make people more angry than before not less. This builds on previous findings that "venting" actually makes anger worse than before and can lead to aggressive behavior. Expressing anger in a constructive non-aggressive way can lead to more beneficial outcomes than mindless ranting or venting.
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The Misunderstood Personality Profile of Wikipedia Members – Scott McGreal (Unique—Like Everybody Else)
A widely reported study claimed that Wikipedia members have disagreeable and close-minded personality traits. However, the study report contains serious errors and these claims are therefore very misleading.
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Twitter and Mortality: To Tweet or Not to Tweet? – Scott McGreal (Unique—Like Everybody Else)
A great deal of Twitter content has been described as "pointless babble". However, for some people, particularly extraverts, Twitter usage might work to alleviate existential anxiety caused by reminders of one's own mortality. Apparently "pointless" communiques might serve to affirm an extravert's existence, although introverts seem to prefer a quieter approach.
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Personality and pain relief – Scott McGreal (Unique—Like Everybody Else)
The effectiveness of placebo treatment in relieving pain are related to personality traits associated with self-control, particularly control of anger. Brain regions that modulate pain also regulate negative emotions. Could training in self-control improve a person's ability to manage pain?
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Troubled Souls: Spirituality as a Mental Health Hazard – Scott McGreal (Unique—Like Everybody Else)
Despite claims that spirituality benefits one's mental health, a British study found that people who identified as spiritual but not religious were more likely to have a mental disorder than conventionally religious people and those who were neither religious nor spiritual.
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The Personalities of Porn Stars – Scott McGreal (Unique—Like Everybody Else)
Recent studies have provided a glimpse into the usually secretive world of pornography actors and actresses. What sort of personality traits might distinguish porn stars from other people? Might some porn stars be very warm people and others very cold? And why are female porn stars more "spiritual" than other women?
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Porn Stars and Evolutionary Psychology – Scott McGreal (Unique—Like Everybody Else)
New research has opened a window into the lives of porn actors and actresses. Could evolutionary psychology shed light onto the motivations of these individuals?
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The Spirituality of Psychedelic Drug Users – Scott McGreal (Unique—Like Everybody Else)
Psychedelic drugs, including LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline, have long had an association with spiritual pursuits. For example, psychedelic plants, such as psilocybe mushrooms, peyote, and ayahuasca have long been used in shamanic traditions in the Americas (Lerner & Lyvers, 2006).
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Personality’s ‘Big One’: Reality or Artifact? – Scott McGreal (Unique—Like Everybody Else)
Many current theories ofpersonality propose that most of the variation in personality traits can be explained by the existence of a few distinct broad factors that subsume narrower traits.
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