Depending on your natural level of extraversion, you may view chit-chat with strangers more like a mild form of torture than a mood booster (as an introvert, I hear you). But the research is clear: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Edoneil/Getty Images I’ve been talking to myself out loud since I was a young girl—at home, on the playground, at the grocery ...

Many aging populations grapple with social isolation and loneliness at disproportionate rates, but there are reasons people who lose interest in talking to anyone as they get older usually have, and ...

Is it possible for an introvert to be the life of the party? Is it possible for an extrovert to enjoy alone time and personal reflection? Introvert or extrovert, don’t let a label define what you can ...

My husband, Don, will talk to anyone. In line at a store, on a plane, in a parking lot; it doesn’t matter where we’re at, he’ll engage. In fact, I have my current job because he was gregarious enough ...

As a child, I realized that one person I enjoyed talking to was myself. This behavior was not encouraged, and I didn’t witness others doing it, so I assumed talking to myself was eccentric and ...