Music and Personality

Depending on what genre of music you listen to can detirmine your personality. People relate a lot on the kind of music they listen to. "Research conducted by psychologists Jason Rentfrow and Sam Gosling suggests that knowing the type of music you listen to can actually lead to surprisingly accurate predictions about your personality."

"Researchers found that people could make accurate judgments about an individual's levels of extraversion, creativity and open-mindedness after listening to ten of their favorite songs. Extraverts tend to seek out songs with heavy bass lines, while those who enjoy more complex styles such as jazz and classical music tend to be more creative and have higher IQ-scores."

According to researcher Adrian North of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, UK; "The reason people sometimes feel defensive about their taste in music might be related to how much it relates to attitudes and personality." "People do actually define themselves through music and relate to other people through it but we haven’t known in detail how music is connected to identity," North explained.

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