你的音乐偏好是如何体现个性特质的？
What does your music taste say about YOU?
Heavy metal fans are often considered antisocial and aggressive, while those who prefer slow love songs might be thought of as soppy, and classical music fans are seen as pretentious.
重金属音乐迷往往具有反社会人格和侵略性,喜欢慢情歌的人往往是多愁善感的,古典音乐迷往往自命不凡.
While many would probably deny these stereotypes hold any weight, the links between music and personality are being seriously investigated by teams of psychologists.
很多人可能对这种说法不以为然,但是一群心理学家却对音乐和个人性格之间的联系进行了严肃认真的调查研究.
One such expert from Cambridge has now created a quiz to put these theories to the test - and you can take it to find out what your music personality is.
一位来自剑桥的心理学家运用这些理论做了一项测试,通过这项测试你可以找出自己的音乐个性是什么.
To take the quiz, go to musicaluniverse.org and select the Musical Test.
你可以登录musicaluniverse.org网,选择音乐测试即可参加测试.
David Greenberg, a psychologist at the University of Cambridge, is one of the researchers working on the 'Musical Universe' project.
剑桥大学的心理学家大卫·格林伯格是"音乐世界"项目的研究人员之一.
Mr Greenberg has quizzed thousands of people, first giving them a written test to analyse their personalities and then finding out what types of music they prefer.
格林伯格先生调查研究了数千人,首先给他们一个书面测试来分析他们的性格,然后找出他们喜欢什么类型的音乐.
Mr Greenberg said: 'We've found that musical preferences are linked to three brain types.'
格林伯格说："我们已经发现,音乐偏好与三种大脑类型有关."
He said those who have a well-developed ability to understand thoughts and feelings in themselves and others, so-called 'empathisers', prefer mellow music that evokes deep emotion.
