// NATURE NEWS — SPAZIO & SCIENZA

Genetic associations with the Big Five personality traits probed in one million people

Published: 09/09/2026, 12:00 AM

This is a summary of: Schwaba, T. et al. Robust inference and correlates from genetic associations with personality. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10992-9 (2026). Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout ‘Expert opinion’ is published under a CC BY 4.0 licence; Figure 1 is published under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence. Vukasović, T. & Bratko, D. Psychol. Bull. 141, 769–785 (2015). Article PubMed Google Scholar Gupta, P. et al. Nature Hum. Behav. 8, 2235–2249 (2024). Article PubMed Google Scholar Tan, T. et al. Preprint at medRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.01.24314703 (2024).