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Personality adaptively mediates ecological affordances and behavior across the lifespan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2026

Anthony Volk Open the ORCID record for Anthony Volk [Opens in a new window]
Anthony Volk*
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Brock University, Department of Child and Youth Studies, Catharines, Canada tvolk@brocku.ca https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.19057
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Abstract

I argue that personality may serve as a viable mediator for Ko & Neuberg’s adaptive ecological affordances theory. HEXACO data shows that there are reliable differences in personality that match different adaptive goals and affordances across the lifespan. Personality can help test and explain adaptive links between environmental factors and individual differences in perception, motivation, and behavior across the lifespan.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 49 , 2026 , e85
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