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Psychologists already know that music preferences are linked to personality, but a new study finds that your taste in music is also associated with the way you think.心理学家已经知道音乐偏好与个性有关，但一项新的研究发现，你的音乐偏好也跟你思考的方式有关。
The University of Cambridge study, which was published Wednesday in the online journal PLOS One, found that people who are high in empathy prefer "mellow" music -- including R&B/soul, adult contemporary and soft rock -- while those with more analytical minds tend to prefer more "intense" music -- such as punk, heavy metal and hard rock.这项研究由剑桥大学发起，并于星期三在网络期刊《PLOS One》上发表。研究结果显示，同理心强的人喜欢柔和的音乐，包括节奏蓝调/灵魂乐、成人时代风格和慢摇滚；而善于分析的人则喜欢更“激烈”的音乐，比如朋克、重金属和硬摇滚。
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For the study, U.K. researchers recruited over 4,000 participants using a Facebook app. The participants filled out personality questionnaires, and then were asked to listen to and rate 50 different songs from a variety of genres. 在研究过程中，英国研究人员通过脸书APP招募了超过4000名参与者，让他们填写了有关个性的问卷，然后给他们播放了50首不同类型的歌曲并让他们给歌曲打分。
The researchers found that empathetic individuals ("empathizers") tended to prefer more emotionally driven music, while analytic minds ("systemizers") gravitated toward music with greater sonic complexity. 研究人员发现善于移情的人（“移情者”）偏爱能带动情感的音乐，而拥有分析头脑的人（“系统思维者”）偏爱音效复杂的音乐。
"Empathizers, who have a drive to understand the thoughts and feelings of others, preferred music ... which featured low energy, negative emotions (such as sadness) and emotional depth," David Greenberg, a Ph.D. candidate at Cambridge and the study's lead author, told The Huffington Post in an email. "On the other hand, systemizers, who have a drive to understand and analyze the patterns that underpin the world, preferred music ... which not only features high energy and positive emotions."“移情者会本能地理解他人的想法和感情，他们喜欢的音乐动感不强，带有消极情绪（如悲伤）并富有情感深度，”大卫·格林伯格（剑桥大学博士研究生，调查的第一作者）在给《赫芬顿邮报》的邮件中说道。“另一方面，系统思维者会本能地理解、分析事物运行的模式，他们喜欢的音乐有强烈的动感和积极的情绪。”
Why? The researchers hypothesize that people seek out music that reflects and reinforces their own mental states.为什么会这样？研究人员猜测，人们挑选的是能反映自身心理状态、增强自身心理感受的音乐。
"People’s musical choices seem to be a mirror of who they are," Greenberg said. “人们选择的音乐就像一面镜子，反映了他们是什么样的人，”格林伯格说。
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发表于 2016-7-27 23:23:29