The Association Between Five Factor Model Personality Traits and Verbal and Numeric Reasoning.

ABSTRACT: Five-factor model (FFM) personality traits are related to basic cognitive functions and risk of cognitive impairment in late life. The present study addresses whether FFM traits are also associated with a more complex cognitive function, reasoning, across adulthood. We used seven samples to examine the relation between personality and verbal (total N= 39,177) and numeric (total N= 76,388) reasoning. A meta-analysis indicated higher Neuroticism was associated modestly with worse performance on verbal and numeric reasoning tasks. Openness was associated with better verbal reasoning and was unrelated to numeric reasoning. Surprisingly, Extraversion was associated modestly with worse performance in both domains, and Conscientiousness was essentially unrelated to reasoning. Agreea

SUBMITTER: Sutin AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8286974 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature