Scientists Find More Than 1,000 DNA Variants Linked to Personality Traits

September 2, 2026 · 12:00 am 2 sources

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• Anxious or outgoing? Huge study links ‘Big Five’ personality traits to genetic variants
  Nature · September 2, 2026 00:00
  Nature, Published online: 02 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02761-5 Researchers identify more than 1,200 personality-linked genetic variants, with effects largely independent of family background.
• Scientists Find More Than 1,000 DNA Variants Linked to Personality Traits
  The New York Times · September 3, 2026 14:00
  More than one million genomes helped identify DNA variants linked to extroversion, agreeableness, neuroticism and more. Researchers measured how those traits influenced how people lived.