While the concept of consistent behavioural differences among individuals of the same population has gained a lot of scientific attention over the last decade, its implementation into a community context with a focus on species-level interactions is still in its infancy. In their study on the effects of animal personalities on predator-prey functional responses of mussel-eating crabs, Toscano &...

AN abnormal personality is one which deviates from its appropriate personality norm. Psychopathic personalities constitute a subgroup of abnormalpersonali-ties. Schneider (quoted by Kahn, 1931) has defined psychopathic personalities as those abnormal personalities who suffer from their abnormality or from whose abnormality society suffers. This definition points to a cleavage within the group w...

In our paper we discuss the existence of narcissism as instinct; a Mendelian trait that can be inherited from either parent. This instinct is an essential component of five different personalities in our model and these personalities can be classified into two groups: Narcissistic and Obsessive. How these personalities manifest in individuals and how the individual interacts with the healthcare...

Effective teams are crucial for organisations, especially in environments that require teams to be constantly created and dismantled, such as software development, scientific experiments, crowd-sourcing, or the classroom. Key factors influencing team performance are competences and personality of team members. Hence, we present a computational model to compose proficient and congenial teams bas...