The COVID-19 Pandemic: Extraverts in Crisis?

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Monday, January 17, 2022 - 10:15

Dr. Jon Gruda and Dr. Adegboyega Ojo have published a new paper in which they apply machine learning algorithms to assess how anxiety changes throughout the COVID-19 pandemic based on individuals' personality traits. They find that introverts experienced more anxiety before the onset of the pandemic, but extroverts quickly caught up as the pandemic unfolded. A summary of the paper was also published on RTE News.
 
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