These traits are associated with the powers of the mind. You do not have to be psionic to take these traits, but many of the benefits require you to have the psionic subtype.
The Psionic Traits
Clairsentient Talent
You possess an innate gift for discerning psionic resonance in the environment around you.
Prerequisite: Psionic subtype.
Benefit: While you maintain psionic focus, you may manifest a limited version of detect psionics at will as a psi-like ability. The area of this ability is limited to the space you occupy, and it takes one round longer than normal to glean meaningful information. The first round, you gain a “hunch” that there are psionic auras within your space. The second round is then treated as the first round as described in the power description. This trait grants no benefit if you do not have the ability to gain psionic focus.
Master of Metafocus
Your focused mind is a jade palace, unshakable and impenetrable.
Benefit: Once per day when using an ability which requires you to expend your psionic focus, you may regain your focus as a free action after using the ability.
Mental Discipline
You have had some basic training in mental control, embracing the concept of mind over body.
Benefit: You gain a +1 trait bonus on the following rolls: stabilization rolls when dying, saving throws against fear, saving throws against poison, saving throws to act while disabled without taking damage.
Metacreative Talent
You can temporarily manifest your mental might into crystals that function as simplistic weapons.
Prerequisite: Psionic subtype.
Benefit: While you maintain psionic focus, you can use a swift action to manifest multiple shards of crystal that last until the end of your turn. These crystals can be used as melee or thrown weapons while they exist (you are proficient in their use; 1d2 slashing damage, 20/x2 crit, range increment 10 feet). This talent grants no benefit if you do not have the ability to gain psionic focus.
Mind Blade Dancer
Your graceful combat style enlivens your mind blade to illumination.
Benefit: Perform (dance) is always a class skill for you. In addition, while you have psionic focus, you can use a move action to cause your mind blade to glow as though you had manifested flickering light upon it with a manifester level of 1.
Object Resonance
Your mind inherently resonates with psionic items, making them easier for you to understand and activate.
Benefit: You gain a +1 trait bonus on skill checks to activate magic items.
Perceptive Talent
You are more aware of the thoughts and intentions of those around you, consciously picking up on subliminal cues.
Prerequisite: Psionic subtype.
Benefit: While you maintain psionic focus, you gain a +1 trait bonus on initiative, on Insight checks, and on Linguistics checks to communicate across language barrier. This talent grants no benefit if you do not have the ability to gain psionic focus.
Psigifted
You have an affinity for one particular psionic power and can manifest it more easily than normal.
Benefit: Choose one particular psionic power when you gain this trait; it need not be a power you currently know but cannot be higher than 2nd level. You gain a +1 trait bonus to your manifester level for that psionic power. Once this power is selected it cannot be changed.
Psionic Knack
You were raised, either wholly or in part, by a psionic creature, either after it found you abandoned in the woods or because your parents often left you in the care of a psionic minion. This constant exposure to psionic influence has made its mysteries easy for you to understand, even when you turn your mind to other devotions and tasks.
Benefit: Pick a psionic manifesting class when you gain this trait—your manifester level in that class gains a +2 trait bonus as long as this bonus doesn’t raise your manifester level above your current Hit Dice.
Psionic Monster Familiarity
You’ve either seen or read about a great number of psionic creatures.
Benefit: You gain a +2 trait bonus to Psi Lore checks to identify psionic creatures and their abilities.
Psychokinetic Talent
You possess an innate talent to manipulate small objects with your mind, slowly levitating them through the air.
Prerequisite: Psionic subtype.
Benefit: You can expend your psionic focus as a swift action to manifest far hand as a psi-like ability. It has a duration of one round, a range of ten feet, and allows you to move a maximum weight of 1 lb. If you have psionic power points, you may expend one to extend the duration of this psi-like ability by one round. This talent grants no benefit if you do not have the ability to gain psionic focus.
Psychoportive Talent
You hate sitting still and constantly feel the need to move. This has given you a natural talent towards the psychoportation discipline.
Prerequisite: Psionic subtype.
Benefit: You can expend your psionic focus as an immediate action to make a five-foot step. You may do this even if you have already moved this round, although not if you have already taken a five-foot step, and doing so does not prevent further movement in this round. This talent grants no benefit if you do not have the ability to gain psionic focus.
Telepathic Talent
Your naturally strong mind gives you additional defenses against psionic abilities which try to interfere with your thoughts.
Prerequisite: Psionic subtype.
Benefit: You can expend your psionic focus as an immediate action to gain a +2 trait bonus to your saves against mind-affecting powers and psi-like abilities until the start of your next turn. This does not apply to mind-affecting effects which are not psionic. This talent grants no benefit if you do not have the ability to gain psionic focus.
Theoretical Psionics
You have deeply studied psionics, gaining a theoretical understanding of the underlying principles of how they function.
Benefit: You a +2 trait bonus to Psi Lore checks when identifying psionic powers or items.