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What Your Taste in Music
Says About You !!
By Dr. Narinder Saini M.D.
Whether you're a little bit country or a little
bit rock and roll, the type of music you listen
to may say a lot about your personality. A new study
shows there's a good reason why the question, "So,
what kind of music do you listen to?" comes
up often during first dates -- the answer may speak
volumes about another person's personality traits,
interests, and outlook on life. The study, published
in the June issue of Journal of Personality and
Social Psychology, analyzed the musical tastes of
more than 3,500 individuals and found the musical
styles people favor are closely linked to their
personalities.
Researchers say each of these broad categories of
musical preferences was also closely linked to an
individual's personality traits, self-perception,
and cognitive ability or intelligence. For example,
people who preferred classical music or other types
of music classified as reflective and complex were
likely to be open to new experiences, intelligent,
politically liberal, and less athletic.
Heavy metal fans who liked intense and rebellious
music also tended to be open to new experiences
and consider themselves intelligent, but they were
also curious about different things, enjoy taking
risks, and physically active.
Researchers say their analysis suggests that people
who enjoy upbeat and conventional music styles like
popular and religious music are cheerful,
socially outgoing, reliable, enjoy helping others,
view themselves as physically attractive, and be
relatively conventional.
But Rap fans and others classified as listening
to musical styles considered as energetic and rhythmic
literally followed the beat of a different drummer.
The study showed these people tend to be talkative,
full of energy, forgiving, and eschew conservative
ideals.
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