Many studies have been carried out in the past that have investigated the effect of personality on our mental abilities. For example Hannon et al. (1995) conducted research on the effect of extroversion and introversion on future long-term and short-term memory. The results showed that extroverts made fewer errors than introverts when it came to short- and long-term memory. In this present study, we aim to investigate the effects of extroversion and introversion on time perception. With the directional hypothesis suggesting that there will be a negative correlation between extraversion and time perception, it is later noted that this is not the case, resulting in the hypothesis being rejected. It would be safe to say that further research into personality and time perception is needed.Introduction: The study of personality and time perception is an exciting focus for psychology because it proves how psychology is important in understanding the human mind. Despite the endless remit of these topics, much research has been conducted in these areas. Personality has received its share of attention in the world of psychology, and Hans Eysenck is certainly someone who has contributed to what we know when it comes to understanding personality. Eysenck proposed a theory of personality, in which he used factor analysis to structure his beliefs. His theory is composed of three fundamental dimensions of personality: psychoticism, neuroticism and extroversion (Eysenck, 1970; Eynsenck and Eysenck, 1985, cited). in Martin, Carlson, Buskist, 2009). These bipolar factors all have their opposites. Where psychoticism is the opposite of self-control, extroversion is the opposite of introversion, and neurot...... middle of paper...ing, and they had to remain silent at any time. When a participant felt that the time was up, they had to raise their hand, one of the timekeepers then came and gave them a little tap on the shoulder and noted the time it took them to raise their hand (each timekeeper was assigned to a section of the class, for tracking purposes). If participants reached 6 minutes without raising their hands, the experimenter would stop the study. After that, the experimenter sat all participants down and asked them to review the questionnaires. Works CitedBurger, J. (2000) Personality (Fifth Edition) London: WandsworthMartin, G. Neil, Carlson, Neil R., Buskist, W. (2010). Psychology (4th edition). Harlow: PearsonPervin, L., Cervone, D., John, O. (2005) Personality Theory and Research (Ninth Edition) Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons