Christian Jarrett

Dr Christian Jarrett is the author of PERSONOLOGY, Using the Science of Personality Change to Your Advantage, forthcoming from Simon and Schuster (North America) and Little Brown (UK and Commonwealth).

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Trigger warnings don’t help people cope with distressing material

So why should we keep using them?

Christian Jarrett

The way children draw human figures has changed since the 1970s, reflecting modern society’s attitudes to gender — German study

Study finds both a possible rise in gender equality and gender differentiation.

Christian Jarrett

Decades long surveys suggest the deleterious effects of smoking may extend to detrimental personality changes

Smoking may put more than just your physical health at risk.

Christian Jarrett

Researchers were surprised to find bungee jumpers’ cognition was enhanced after a jump

Think adrenaline leaves you unable to think clearly? Think again.

Christian Jarrett

Study finds microdosing psychedelics can be beneficial, but not in the way that users most expect

Can microdosing LSD enhance creativity and focus?

Christian Jarrett

People with greater intellectual humility have superior general knowledge

Smart people are not afraid to say "I don't know."

Christian Jarrett

Neurotic people have noisier, more chaotic minds, say researchers

Study finds that neurotic people deal with more "mental noise" than others.

Christian Jarrett

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