Study: Home designs says a lot about someone's personality

Corners of your home give insight into your personality along with highlighting some emotional experience, says study. The study published in the journal 'Personality and Social Psychology Review' highlights that being in a certain location dramatically constrains or facilitates certain emotional experience, our sense of connection with others, and our productivity and performance.

"There is no such thing as neutral, empty space-wherever you are, you are in a particular place that has psychological meaning," says Benjamin Meagher, a social psychologist at Hope College. "It's time for psychologists to move outside the head of the individual to consider the broader context in which psychological activity takes place," he added.

Much of social and personality psychology research, and psychology in general looks at how we feel and think in our minds, as well as how we react to specific situations, but this study suggests that we are often ignoring our physical environment.

Take the example of couples in their homes. One pair are film buffs, they've focused their resources to a comfy couch and a large screen. Another pair, into food, has focused much of their resources on a kitchen that allows them to cook unique meals.

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