I came across this in my lunchtime scanning; it's an attempt to link the type of music one prefers to one's personality:
http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/66/79748.htm?printing=true Reflective, complex - classical, jazz, blues, and folk Intense, rebellious-alternative, rock, and heavy metal Upbeat, conventional - pop, religious, country, and soundtracks Energetic and rhythmic - rap/hip-hop, soul/funk, and electronica/dance "The participants believed that musical preferences revealed as much about their personalities as their hobbies did." [N=3500] Here is the abstract (not more informative than the above IMO): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12793587&dopt=Abstract Clicking on 'Related Articles' yields about 100, with topics ranging from suicidal ideation <-> music preference, to what music nursing home residents prefer (they don't like current/popular - surprise!), and what type works best in music therapy (depends on the person's culture - another surprise?). [I'm not denigrating music therapy, which I think can be very useful/helpful, nor the effect of music on the individual (or group, for that matter), which can be profound; many of these just struck me as pop-psych. Maybe I'm just feeling contrary today...] But what about those of us who can't be pigeonholed? (Rush, Capercaillie, John Denver, "The Patriot," Edith Piaf and Sarah Brightman currently loaded on the car's CD changer) :P Intensely Complexly Conventional? Maru ;) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
