A global study reveals that the traits associated with being "cool" may be quietly eroding trust, connection, and performance at work.

A new study published in June 2025 has quantified “cool.” The study, published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, ...

“However, cool people often have other traits that aren’t necessarily considered ‘good’ in a moral sense, like being hedonistic and powerful.” ...

By Jacqueline Howard and Asuka Koda, CNN (CNN) — An international team of researchers may have just cracked the code for what makes someone “cool.” And no matter where you live, the ...

Across cultures, there is a high degree of universality when it comes to the concept of being cool.

An international team of researchers may have just cracked the code for what makes someone “cool.” ...

An international team of researchers may have just cracked the code for what makes someone “cool.” And no matter where you live, the personality traits that make someone “cool” appear to ...

The study participants consistently associated being calm, conscientious, universalistic, agreeable, warm, secure, traditional and conforming with being a good person, more than with being a cool ...

But the formula for being “cool” was having the six character traits – more extroverted, hedonistic, powerful, adventurous, open and autonomous – no matter the person’s age, gender or ...

WNBA team makes unexpected decision on release of league star after she temporarily left team.

A new study suggests that there are six specific traits that these people tend to have in common: Cool people are largely ...