# Do gut microbes control your personality?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxMarshallU
- Speaker: Kathleen McAuliffe
- Year: 2023
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/kathleen_mcauliffe_do_gut_microbes_control_your_personality)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Biologist Kathleen McAuliffe dives into new research that suggests certain bacteria in your gut can influence major parts of who you are, from your personality to life-changing neurological disorders. Learn more about how this emerging science could change how we treat disease — and discover the impact of your internal microbial makeup on your mood, weight and more.

## Lectures

1. [Do gut microbes control your personality?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/kathleen_mcauliffe_do_gut_microbes_control_your_personality/833c273da56b), 11 min (TED's player)