For a long time, people have been asking whether certain demographic traits are associated with higher risks of believing in conspiracy theories. For example, there is plenty of literature trying to ...

New research published in the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology identifies specific psychological traits associated with a tendency to believe in conspiracy theories. The findings suggest that ...

In common day talk we use the word personality often, ostensibly to describe characteristics that we like or dislike about other individuals. But is personality an enduring pattern of behavior or ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Most of us believe we are “too smart” to fall for ...

Leading involves influencing others. Leaders, therefore, are people who know exactly what they want to achieve and why. They mobilize other people to influence actions, beliefs and feelings. Over the ...

Why do analytical people fall for conspiracy theories? A new study reveals that individuals who crave strict rules and predictable patterns are easily drawn to the artificial sense of order that ...

When you start a small business, you are instantly the leader, whether you have had any training in leadership or not. However, there is help. Leadership theories abound, and you can choose the ...

The more closely geneticists look at complex traits and diseases, the harder it gets to find active genes that don’t influence them. The question most of genetics tries to answer is how genes connect ...