The Truth About Personality

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Horizon: 2012-2013: Episode 17: The Truth About Personality

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Episode 17: The Truth About Personality

2012-2013

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Michael Mosley explores the latest theories on how our personalities are created.

Series exploring topical scientific issues. Michael Mosley explores the latest theories on how our personalities are created - and whether they can be changed.

Michael Mosley explores the latest science about how our personalities are created - and whether they can be changed. 

Despite appearances, Mosley is a pessimist who constantly frets about the future. He wants to worry less and become more of an optimist. 

He tries out two techniques to change this aspect of his personality - with surprising results. 

And he travels to the frontiers of genetics and neuroscience to find out about the forces that shape all our personalities.

Horizon: 2012-2013

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