The Puzzle of Personality

Japan and blood types: Does it determine personality?It is a widespread belief in Japan that your character is linked to your blood type. Ruth Evans explores this dubious conventional wisdom.

What Makes Us Happy?Is there a formula—some mix of love, work, and psychological adaptation—for a good life? For 72 years, researchers at Harvard have been examining this question, following 268 men who entered college in the late 1930s through war, career, marriage and divorce, parenthood and grandparenthood, and old age.

Sparing chores spoils children and their future selves, study says - The Boston GlobeBy at least some accounts, tasks like doing the laundry or cleaning up after dinner have fallen off kids’ to-do lists.

Invisibilia: A Man Finds An Explosive Emotion Locked In A WordWhen anthropologist Renato Rosaldo went to live with a Philippine tribe that was known for beheading people, he couldn't grasp the emotion that fueled this violence. Then his wife suddenly died.

Japanese Blood Types: And What They Say About Your PersonalityWhat does your blood say about you? In Japan, it's believed your personality is determined by your blood. Is this theory scientific?

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