quiet-the-power-of-introverts-in-a-world-that-cant-stop-talking-susan-cain

people with a variant of a serotoninregulating
gene linked to introversion
and sensitivity take 28 percent less financial
risk than others. They have also
been found to outperform their peers
when playing gambling games calling
for sophisticated decision-making.
(When faced with a low probability of
winning, people with this gene variant
tend to be risk-averse; when they have
a high probability of winning, they become
relatively risk-seeking.) Another
study, of sixty-four traders at an investment
bank, found that the highest-performing
traders tended to be emotionally
stable introverts.
Introverts also seem to be better than
extroverts at delaying gratification, a
crucial life skill associated with
everything from higher SAT scores and
income to lower body mass index. In
one study, scientists gave participants
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