Thomas H. Kleppestø
@thomaskleppesto.bsky.social
Associate professor of psychology at NTNU. Father. Clinician. Interested in individual differences, evolution, and the growth of knowledge.
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New paper out in Evolution & Human Behavior! Do people agree on what the ideal partner personality looks like, or is it just a reflection of their own traits? And do people care more about politics than the big five?
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New paper out in Evolution & Human Behavior! Do people agree on what the ideal partner personality looks like, or is it just a reflection of their own traits? And do people care more about politics than the big five?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
New paper out in Evolution & Human Behavior! Do people agree on what the ideal partner personality looks like, or is it just a reflection of their own traits? And do people care more about politics than the big five?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Nytt essay. Vi reflekterer over hva oppdraget til høyere utdanning bør være i språkmodellens era.
www.bi.no/forskning/bu...
www.bi.no/forskning/bu...
Hvordan påvirker kunstig intelligens læringsutbytte og vurderingsgrunnlag?
Når KI overtar deler av resonneringen, risikerer vi at mye av tenkningen «outsources» og at studentene blir mer passive i egen læring.
www.bi.no
December 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Nytt essay. Vi reflekterer over hva oppdraget til høyere utdanning bør være i språkmodellens era.
www.bi.no/forskning/bu...
www.bi.no/forskning/bu...
Reposted by Thomas H. Kleppestø
Who wants to join us in Oslo to study how health influences educational underperformance? We are hiring PhDs postdocs candidates for our funded project. We will follow children from birth to emerging adulthood, using behavioural genetic methods and large datasets 945000.webcruiter.no/Main/Recruit...
Two positions as either PhD or postdoctoral fellow on health determinants of education
Do you want to research how health influences school performance and leads to intergenerational inequality? We have two vacant 3-year positions as a PhD fellow or postdoctoral research fellow in the p...
945000.webcruiter.no
December 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Who wants to join us in Oslo to study how health influences educational underperformance? We are hiring PhDs postdocs candidates for our funded project. We will follow children from birth to emerging adulthood, using behavioural genetic methods and large datasets 945000.webcruiter.no/Main/Recruit...
Reposted by Thomas H. Kleppestø
"These findings suggest that ideal partner preferences are shaped by one's own traits, especially for political personality, but some traits (e.g., low neuroticism) are broadly preferred across individuals."
doi.org/10.1016/j.ev...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ev...
The attractive personality: Like me, but better
People tend to prefer mates who are similar to themselves, yet also desire partners with specific characteristics. The relative importance of assortat…
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December 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"These findings suggest that ideal partner preferences are shaped by one's own traits, especially for political personality, but some traits (e.g., low neuroticism) are broadly preferred across individuals."
doi.org/10.1016/j.ev...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ev...
New paper out in Evolution & Human Behavior! Do people agree on what the ideal partner personality looks like, or is it just a reflection of their own traits? And do people care more about politics than the big five?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
New paper out in Evolution & Human Behavior! Do people agree on what the ideal partner personality looks like, or is it just a reflection of their own traits? And do people care more about politics than the big five?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Thomas H. Kleppestø
👉Behaviour genetics infographics www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👉ADHD, dyslexia & dyscalculia doi.org/10.1177/0956...
👉ADHD runs in families doi.org/10.1017/S003...
👉Education runs in families osf.io/preprints/ps...
Hosted warmly at @citystgeorges.bsky.social by Ansgar Endress & Katrina May Dulay 🙏
👉ADHD, dyslexia & dyscalculia doi.org/10.1177/0956...
👉ADHD runs in families doi.org/10.1017/S003...
👉Education runs in families osf.io/preprints/ps...
Hosted warmly at @citystgeorges.bsky.social by Ansgar Endress & Katrina May Dulay 🙏
Nurture might be nature: cautionary tales and proposed solutions - npj Science of Learning
npj Science of Learning - Nurture might be nature: cautionary tales and proposed solutions
www.nature.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
👉Behaviour genetics infographics www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👉ADHD, dyslexia & dyscalculia doi.org/10.1177/0956...
👉ADHD runs in families doi.org/10.1017/S003...
👉Education runs in families osf.io/preprints/ps...
Hosted warmly at @citystgeorges.bsky.social by Ansgar Endress & Katrina May Dulay 🙏
👉ADHD, dyslexia & dyscalculia doi.org/10.1177/0956...
👉ADHD runs in families doi.org/10.1017/S003...
👉Education runs in families osf.io/preprints/ps...
Hosted warmly at @citystgeorges.bsky.social by Ansgar Endress & Katrina May Dulay 🙏
Reposted by Thomas H. Kleppestø
"Contrary to popular and long-standing accounts of the causes and consequences of attachment styles, we find no evidence that attachment and ideology are jointly grounded in early familial experiences."
Attachment and Political Personality are Heritable and Distinct Systems, and Both Share Genetics with Interpersonal Trust and Altruism - Behavior Genetics
The attachment and caregiving domains maintain proximity and care-giving behavior between parents and offspring, in a way that has been argued to shape people’s mental models of how relationships work...
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September 15, 2025 at 7:36 AM
"Contrary to popular and long-standing accounts of the causes and consequences of attachment styles, we find no evidence that attachment and ideology are jointly grounded in early familial experiences."
We have a new paper out, led by the great @hfsunde.bsky.social! We find that the correlation between parental income and offspring mental disorders may be partly causal in adolescence (phenotypic transmission), but that it is largely explained by passive genetic transmission in adulthood.
Our new paper is out today! 🎉 In it, we use administrative register data to document how psychiatric disorders are strongly linked to parental income, from childhood far into adulthood. Furthermore, we attempt to separate causation and selection using kinship-based models.
doi.org/10.1111/jcpp...
doi.org/10.1111/jcpp...
August 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We have a new paper out, led by the great @hfsunde.bsky.social! We find that the correlation between parental income and offspring mental disorders may be partly causal in adolescence (phenotypic transmission), but that it is largely explained by passive genetic transmission in adulthood.
For Norwegian followers: Ett utvalg av mine forelesninger om personlighetspsykologi er nå tilgjengelig på YT for studenter og andre personlighetsinteresserte. Her er for eksempel en med biografisk perspektiv med fokus på Darwin & Munch:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deAMNHpfKKM&list=PL7LQmm1abBNx30wv7_Gb0Yyi2mmRu9K6Z&index=4&ab_channel=Baktanke
t.co
July 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
For Norwegian followers: Ett utvalg av mine forelesninger om personlighetspsykologi er nå tilgjengelig på YT for studenter og andre personlighetsinteresserte. Her er for eksempel en med biografisk perspektiv med fokus på Darwin & Munch:
t.co/DVt5O7Q0ih
t.co/DVt5O7Q0ih
We have a new paper out in Psychological Science. The risk for (any) mental disorder decreases dramatically as cognitive ability increases–even when controlling for within-family variation. Check out lead author @magnusnordmo.bsky.social
thread below for details!
thread below for details!
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New study: How do adolescent cognitive ability and education predict adult mental disorders?
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Using Norwegian register data (N = 272,351 men) of GP diagnoses and military assessed cognitive abilities.
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New study: How do adolescent cognitive ability and education predict adult mental disorders?
🧠📚➜🧑⚕️
Using Norwegian register data (N = 272,351 men) of GP diagnoses and military assessed cognitive abilities.
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July 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We have a new paper out in Psychological Science. The risk for (any) mental disorder decreases dramatically as cognitive ability increases–even when controlling for within-family variation. Check out lead author @magnusnordmo.bsky.social
thread below for details!
thread below for details!
New paper on family resemblance in school performance! We find that a model with only additive genetics and assortative mating fits the data well, but underestimates the resemblance of close relatives and adoptees, indicating some shared environmental effects. See @eivindy.bsky.social thread!
June 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
New paper on family resemblance in school performance! We find that a model with only additive genetics and assortative mating fits the data well, but underestimates the resemblance of close relatives and adoptees, indicating some shared environmental effects. See @eivindy.bsky.social thread!