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If, on the other hand, you go for the Sex Pistols, the same
study says you could be a "systemizer" who likes to analyze
rules and patterns in the world.
The study, published on Wednesday in the contributory research
journal PLOS ONE, was conducted by a team of researchers at the
University of Cambridge in England, led by PhD student David
Greenberg from the Department of Psychology.
"Although people's music choices fluctuate over time, we've
discovered a person's empathy levels and thinking style predicts
what kind of music they like," Greenberg said in a press
release.
"In fact, their cognitive style - whether they're strong on
empathy or strong on systems - can be a better predictor of what
music they like than their personality."
The study was based on a sample of 4,000 Facebook users who were
asked to respond to psychology-based questionnaires, and whose
musical tastes were matched up with their cognitive style as
determined by their responses.
"People who scored high on empathy tended to prefer mellow music
(from R&B, soft rock, and adult contemporary genres),
unpretentious music (from country, folk, and singer/songwriter
genres) and contemporary music (from electronica, Latin, acid
jazz, and Euro pop)," the study found.
"They disliked intense music, such as punk and heavy metal. In
contrast, people who scored high on systemizing favored intense
music, but disliked mellow and unpretentious musical styles."
The study showed that people's musical tastes were consistent
even within genres, with "emphasizes" preferring mellow jazz
while "systemizers" liked intense, complex and avant-garde jazz.
(Writing by Michael Roddy; Editing by Jermey Gaunt)
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