We use individual differences in behaviour as a window onto psychological mechanisms, including the genetic and environmental origins of individual differences in intelligence and personality. We work with diverse data, from brain imaging to reaction time; massive twin and epidemiology datasets, and high-throughput genetic sequencing.
We deliver world-leading research on longevity, health, education, social behavior, psychological problems and problem behaviours, positive psychology and well-being and animal personality. Our research also addresses how individuals differ from themselves over time and across situations.
Several members of the individual differences group worked in the Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology (now closed), funded to research healthy ageing, targeting the major determinants of health and wellbeing over the whole life course and reducing dependency in later life. We also host the Koestler Parapsychology Unit, investigating differences in paranormal belief.
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Staff working in this area include: