Introversion and Extroversion: Mental Health, Genetics, and Leadership

There is a spectrum between introvert and extrovert, and some individuals may fall in the middle which is called ambivert./nPeople on one end of the introvert-extrovert spectrum tend to have better luck with their mental health, job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and relationship satisfaction./nLast week's episode focused on the story of an introvert who decided to become more extroverted./nToday's episode explores the role of genes and gender in introversion and extroversion, the relationship between extroversion and leadership, and the differences in the brains of introverts and extroverts./nAndrew Spark, a personality scientist at Queensland University of Technology, identifies as an introvert./nExtroversion is a continuum and Andrew Spark falls in the lower percentile as an introvert.