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How Our Musical Preferences are Formed: The Psychology Behind Our Personal Music Taste

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You like a girl. But she listens to Justin Bieber. Would you go out with her? Or, you like a boy who loves nothing better than listening to thrash metal. Is that a green or a red flag? Can our personal music taste reveal our personality? Although research is still ongoing on this topic, studies on the science of music have confirmed that there is some link between the two. And this is exactly what we will find out in this article. So, stay tuned to know the intriguing connection between music and our personality. The connection between music and personality There are several theories that try to form a relationship between music and personality. Most of us form our musical identities since adolescence. Around the same time, we explore our social identities. A study on music therapy research states around the ages of 10 to 30 years we are especially fond of music, and try to associate ourselves with the artist. Moreover, musical attributes such as arousal, valence, a