A link between your brain’s capabilities and your personality that influence who you are and how you function has been revealed in new research from the University of Minnesota.
The findings are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. A team of researchers at the University of Minnesota, including 30 volunteers spent 13 years examining data from over 1,300 studies. That entailed scrutinizing information from more than one million individuals from 50 countries.
Links Between Brain and Personality
Researchers made several determinations from the study. Among those are:
- Individuals who are active and energetic tend to have a better command of various cognitive abilities. Most notably, this includes extensive knowledge, efficient memory retrieval and enhanced information processing. Regardless of the subject, active folks tend to know more about it.
- People who tend to experience high levels of depression or anxiety may find it more difficult to accumulate knowledge or reason logically.
- Those who were more industrious and compassionate tended to have better verbal and quantitative knowledge skills. This discovery suggests an exciting connection between personality traits and how we learn.
- There are robust, positive relationships between many cognitive abilities and open mindedness (i.e., receptivity to fresh ideas).
Personality and Income
While the University of Minnesota study has found a link between personality and cognitive abilities other research has probed other impacts of personality.
Some of those studies have established a link between certain personality traits and income.
Extraverts are the highest income earners, according to a 2019 study by Truity, a free personality and career testing firm. These energetic and active types earned $9,347 more per year.
Over 72,000 people were surveyed for the Truity study.
Truity used the Myers-Briggs personality test in its study. That test uses 16 personality types to classify participants. By contrast, The University of Minnesota study measured 79 personality traits.
Personality Verses Destiny
One similarity of the 2019 Truity survey and the University of Minnesota research is the conclusions of both that offer insight – not limitations.
“Knowing how personality and intelligence are related allows us to ponder the much deeper question of why,” said Deniz Ones, a co-author of the Minnesota study and a professor of psychology. “These findings revolutionize our understanding of human diversity and individuality. Only by knowing ourselves can we fully tap into our potential.”
Likewise, the Truity report cautions against setting limitations.
“For individuals reading these results, it is important to understand that while your personality type can help you to improve your understanding of yourself, it cannot predict your destiny,” noted the Truity study.
“Perhaps the most important takeaway for individuals who wish to maximize their incomes is our finding on the trait most highly correlated with income: Ambition. More so than any other characteristic you might possess, your tendency to set ambitious goals for yourself is predictive of your earning power. To put it more simply: if you can dream it, you can likely do it.”
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Max K. Erkiletian began writing for newspapers while still in high school. He went on to become an award-winning journalist and co-founder of the print magazine Free Bird. He has written for a wide range of regional and national publications as well as many on-line publications. That has afforded him the opportunity to interview a variety of prominent figures from former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank Paul Volker to Blues musicians Muddy Waters and B. B. King. Max lives in Springfield, MO with his wife Karen and their cat – Pudge. He spends as much time as possible with his kids, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
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