Personality tests are two a penny, and most of them are no more meaningful than astrology (spoken like a true Capricorn). But there are ways to study personality empirically—they just involve ...

When it comes to achievement, Conscientiousness is a great thing. All else being equal, the person who has tenacity, persistence, stamina, and grit will be more successful then the person who is lazy ...

Multiple sclerosis patients may be better equipped to stave off the cognitive decline that the disease can cause by using a smartphone-based app now under development at UB. Called the ...

But a new study finds the personality trait that predicts success at work more than any other is associated with a very different tendency: I’m talking about conscientiousness. “Conscientiousness is ...

Homework may have a positive influence on students’ conscientiousness. Students who do more homework than their peers show positive changes in conscientiousness, according to new research. Thus, ...

Individuals who are more conscientious—in other words, those with a tendency to be self-disciplined, scrupulous and purposeful—appear less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease, according to a report ...

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Other researchers have found interesting interactions between Conscientiousness and creativity. Laura King and her colleagues found an interaction between creativity and Conscientiousness such that ...