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Personology

What you are called can have some subtle influences on your personality (Credit: Lisa Kling/Getty Images)
Personology

How your name shapes who you are

By Christian Jarrett

Loneliness might be expected high among those who have been forced to spend lockdown in isolation by themselves, but early research suggests otherwise (Credit: Alamy)
Personology

How lockdown may have changed you

By Christian Jarrett
(Credit: Getty Images)
Health

The case for crying in public

By Christian Jarrett
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Personology

How your looks shape your personality

By Christian Jarrett
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Personology

How your life story shapes you

By Christian Jarrett
Woman's eye (Credit: Getty Images)
Personology

Why eye contact is so powerful

By Christian Jarrett
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Personology

The key to a lasting relationship?

By Christian Jarrett
(Credit: Alamy)
Personology

Are first impressions really accurate?

By Christian Jarrett
Our teenage years can feel stressful and the type of stress we have can impact upon specific personality changes (Credit: David Montosa)
Personology

The time our personality changes most

By Christian Jarrett
(Credit: Getty Images)
Personology

How personality gets under your skin

By Christian Jarrett
Happy and sad twins (Credit: Alamy)
Personology

When personalities go from bad to good

By Christian Jarrett
The scientific name for daffodil is narcissus (Credit: Getty Images)
Personology

The truth about millennial narcissism?

By Christian Jarrett
Smug married couples beware: while life satisfaction does rise for a while after tying the knot, it usually returns to baseline levels after a year or so (Credit: Alamy)
Personology

How marriage warps your personality

By Christian Jarrett
Introverts like drag queen RuPaul (who said he's just masquerading as an extrovert) tend to speak in more concrete terms (Credit: Getty Images)
Personology

The words that betray your personality

By Christian Jarrett
People who takes and post lots of selfies may rate higher on the narcissistic scale (Credit: Getty Images)
Personology

The habits that reveal personalities

By Christian Jarrett
man and woman with flags painted on face
Personology

Can a country have a personality?

By Christian Jarrett

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