NUI Galway psychologists find that people with higher levels of neuroticism are at greater risk of death

Results from a new international study conducted by psychologists at NUI Galway has found that personality traits can predict death in old age.

The study, carried out by Dr Páraic Ó Súilleabháin and Professor Brian Hughes from the School of Psychology at NUI Galway, investigated if personality traits are predictors of death in older adults.