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Personality

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Personality.

Video playlists about Personality

For the love of introverts

A celebration of time spent in good company. (Sorry extroverts -- we love you, too.)

In celebration of being alone, but not lonely

Sometimes, everyone’s a lot. These talks celebrate those moments when you just want to enjoy your own company.

Who are you?

What makes you, well, you? Get to know yourself a bit better with this collection of thought-provoking talks.

Talks about Personality

Shankar Vedantam

You don't actually know what your future self wants

An invitation to reexamine your familiar world

The science behind how parents affect child development

How do personality tests work?

Morra Aarons-Mele

3 steps to stop remote work burnout

Do insects have personalities?

J. Marshall Shepherd

3 kinds of bias that shape your worldview

Why you should bring your whole self to work

Alison Ledgerwood

A simple trick to improve positive thinking

Activism needs introverts

Why incompetent people think they're amazing

This is what it's really like to live with ADHD

Clifford Robbins

What happens when you have a concussion?

Robert Sapolsky

The biology of our best and worst selves

There's no shame in taking care of your mental health

What I learned from 2,000 obituaries

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Exclusive articles about Personality

Do insects have personalities? Yes they do, says this researcher

Every insect you see is a truly unique individual, according to zoology researcher Melinda Babits. She explains why and how she's studying the personality traits of bugs -- particularly, firebugs -- to find out more.

Posted Apr 2021

Quiz: Are you an extrovert, introvert or ambivert?

You probably have a hunch about which one you are, but why not take this quiz -- from organizational psychologist Adam Grant -- and double-check?

Posted Mar 2018

How your to-do list shapes your personality — and how to use it to remake who you are

Many of us believe there are two driving forces behind the person known as “you”: nature and nurture. But, according to personality and motivational psychologist Brian R. Little, there’s a third: projects.

Posted Aug 2017