In another famous study, introverts and extroverts were asked to play a difficult word game while wearing headphones that emitted random bursts of noise. When the participants in the study were allowed to choose the volume of those noises, the introverts opted for a lower decibel level than the extroverts. Both groups performed well. (This reinforces the idea that neither personality type is better or smarter. We’re just different and sensitive to different things.) Yet when the volume on the introverts’ headsets was turned up, and that of the extroverts’ lowered, both groups performed worse
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