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A new study suggests that there is a correlation between frequent posting of "selfies" on social media and narcissism, of which also correlates to other potential personality problems.

Jesse Fox, assistant professor of communications at Ohio State University, co-authored a study of called “The Dark Triad”, which showed that narcissistic and psychopathic personality traits could predict how often an individual will post self-taken portraits to social media sites like Facebook and Instagram, and also how often the posters will edit the pictures to tweak how they look.
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 In an earlier story, we reported that your cat may be passing on parasites to you, parasites that affect the way your brain works. Now this story has been confirmed by a new story suggesting that a "clever cat parasite may alter human cultures on a massive scale."

ABC-TV News in Chicago reports that parasite ecologist Kevin Lafferty has published a research paper proving that the parasite Toxoplasma gondii has been transmitted indirectly from cats to half the people on earth, and it affects human personalities. He says that Toxoplasma is "frighteningly amazing."

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A new study shows that people with personality traits of high neuroticism and low conscientiousness are likely to go through cycles of gaining and losing weight throughout their lives.

Impulsivity was the strongest predictor of who would be overweight, the researchers found. Study participants who scored in the top 10% percent on impulsivity weighed an average of 22 lbs. more than those in the bottom 10%. Do you impulsively buy that bag of Cheetos instead of plan ahead by calculating what you’re going to eat today?
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