small behavioral ecologist’s perspective on personality

.63.  That is the correlation between a set of “exploratory” behaviors measured over ten occasions in one social group with a set of “exploratory” behaviors measured in over ten occasions in a separate social group.  Seems reasonable, until you find out that the correlation is between exploratory behavior of stickle back fish, not people.  Sound interesting?  Come to the PIG-E meeting Monday at 2 and find out more from Alison Bell’s lab.