Cybernetics

Summary
A mathematical model of animal behaviour was suggested in 1995, it combined priming and homeostatic mechanisms into one dynamic nonlinear systems.
Projecting the model over human behaviour led to a cybernetic theory of aging, where the brain acts as an information channel with diminishing bandwidth: Anecdotal age related changes in human perception could be explained by the age related reduction in bandwidth.
Analyzing funniness raw scores is a convenient way of testing the predicted changes. 100 Humorous sentences were classified in four age trends and tested for internal consistency. Comparing with 100 Big Five personality scores, funniness scores showed higher internal consistency. Significant correlation coefficients were found between humour and two traits, confirming earlier research.
Conclusion: Humour/funniness raw scores could be more reliable than personality self-assessment in identifying individual personality traits.

Citation
Kadri, F. (2022). Reinventing personality from a Volterra nonlinear model of motivation. Acta Europeana Systemica , 11(1), 41-58. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14428/aes.v11i1.63013