The social evolution of individual differences: Future directions for a comparative science of personality in social behavior

Martin, Jordan S; Jaeggi, Adrian V; Koski, Sonja E

doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104980

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Martin, J. S., Jaeggi, A. V., & Koski, S. E. (2023). The social evolution of individual differences: Future directions for a comparative science of personality in social behavior. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 144, 104980. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104980

Abstract

Personality is essential for understanding the evolution of cooperation and conflict in behavior. However, personality science remains disconnected from the field of social evolution, limiting our ability to explain how personality and plasticity shape phenotypic adaptation in social behavior. Researchers also lack an integrative framework for comparing personality in the contextualized and multifaceted behaviors central to social interactions among humans and other animals. Here we address these challenges by developing a social evol