What music do smart people listen to?
Recent research links our musical tastes to academic grades.
What music do smart people listen to?
In a Article previous of Psychology and Mind, we were able to know a study that linked the preference for certain musical styles with the tendency to possess a certain personality profile. In today's study, Virgil Griffith, American software creator and developer of applications, set out to investigate the link between people's musical tastes and their performance academic. The conclusions of the study were collected in the dossier "Music That Makes You Dumb”(Music that makes you stupid).
The results of this detailed analysis were found after crossing the average rate in the university entrance exams of students with the music they published and shared on the social network Facebook. As we can see, an unscientific methodology, but it is worth echoing the results found, even if it is like first stone towards new research that evaluates the relationship between these two variables: intelligence and preferences musicals.
Rock for the smart and reaggaeton for the dummies?
As the results show, the young students who obtained poorer grades they were the ones who liked to listen to musical artists like ** Lil Wayne, The Used, Beyoncé or Jay - **Z, being the genres of Hip Hop and Reggaeton the most commonly heard by this type of student. On the contrary, those who obtained a brilliant note in the entrance exam were crossed with the great composer Ludwig van Beethoven.
Within the highly rated sector, music bands such as U2, Counting Crows, The Shins, Bob Dylan or the british Radiohea **** d. Following closely this outstanding list of groups, Coldplay or Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The musical tastes of average students (those who did not stand out for good or bad, average students) included groups such as Pearl Jam, System of a Down, the mythical Australians AC / DC, Oasis or The Doors. The author of the study visually classified all the data in a table that was published on his website, and that we offer you below.
Discussion
Certainly the methodology of the study is questionable. First of all, the study was presented in the media as the correlation found between the variables intelligence Y musical tastes, When really the research did not rigorously measure any of them. Regarding the first, it should be noted that establishing a total symmetry between intelligence and academic performance is quite imprecise. With regard to the second, it is likely that what we share on Facebook is not a reliable criterion to measure our likes and dislikes.
In addition, it is worth explaining that, obviously, there is no scientific evidence that allows us to say that there is a certain type of music that makes us "smarter" or "dumber". It is a statistical question, mere correlation. It will be necessary to continue investigating to see to what extent there is some kind of relationship between the level of intelligence and the preference for one or other musical groups.
