Many successful creative people have the same personality trait in common: they are open to new experiences. Psychologist Art Markman defines “openness to experience” as “the degree to which a person ...

For teens entering high school—an anxious time for many—inclusive environments benefit not only those identifying as LGBTQ ...

One of the great advances of technology has been to erase boundaries and bring people together in ways unimaginable not too long ago. With connected devices, apps, and the Internet of Things, the ...

Dogmatism has usually been related to low levels of openness to experience, the latter being an indicator of one's interest in new and non-traditional ideas. Dogmatism has mostly been studied in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. In every society, there exists a certain degree of trade-off ...

We’ve been framing the debate between openness and privacy the wrong way. Rather than positioning privacy and openness as opposing forces, the fact is they’re different sides of the same coin – and ...

Open communication is an important element of successful personal relationships, and workplace relationships are no different. Satisfied employees comfortably voice concerns and ask questions, and ...

In a world that often equates attractiveness with confidence and perfection, embracing vulnerability can seem ...

Rufus Pollock is an Associate of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law at the University of Cambridge; the Founder and non-executive President of Open Knowledge International (https ...