Congratulations to Lisa Hecht for winning the a Distinguished Contribution award in the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology’s (SSCP) 2014 poster competition at the recent Association for Psychological Science convention in San Francisco.
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Hecht Presents at APS
Congratulations to Lisa Hecht, a third year clinical neuropsychology student, for her poster presentation at the Association for Psychological Science’s 26th Annual Convention in San Francisco.
Hecht, L. K., & Latzman, R. D. Factors of trait impulsivity exhibit specific associations with subtypes of aggression.
Chimps and Humans Have Similar Personality Traits
Chimps and Humans Have Similar Personality Traits
| May 10, 2014 07:28am ET
Ever heard of a conscientious chimp? An extroverted ape? New research suggests that chimpanzees, man’s closest living relatives, have personality traits quite similar to their human cousins.
The study, conducted by researchers at Georgia State University, found that chimpanzees not only possess many of the same personality traits as humans — from agreeableness to extroversion — these traits are structured almost identically in both humans and chimps.
Les chimpanzés nous ressemblent-ils encore plus que prévu ?
Les chimpanzés nous ressemblent-ils encore plus que prévu ?

Chimpanzee Personality paper in dailymail.co.uk
Smarter than the average ape: Researchers find Chimpanzees really DO have distinct personalities almost identical to humans
- Fundamental personality trait for chimpanzees is dominance
- Team identified five personality factors that combine differently in each individual chimpanzee: conscientiousness, dominance, extraversion, agreeableness and intellect
Chimpanzees Show Similar Personality Traits to Humans
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Chimpanzees Show Similar Personality Traits to Humans
