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 ...

As anyone who is familiar with personality trait theory knows, researchers have identified a “big five” of dispositional tendencies that reliably predict human behavioral patterns and show up almost ...

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 ...

Paleoanthropologist Curtis Marean has developed a comprehensive explanation based on a synthesis of research and archaeological evidence for what propelled H. sapiens to leave Africa about 70,000 ...