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.

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.

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