Playlist of the Lambs: psychopaths may have distinct musical preferences

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Playlist of the Lambs: psychopaths may have distinct musical preferences

Contrary to the movie trope epitomised by Alex in A Clockwork Orange and Hannibal Lecter in the Silence of the Lambs, psychopaths are no fonder of classical music than anyone else, though they do appear to have other musical preferences, psychologists say.

In a study of 200 people who listened to 260 songs, those with the highest psychopath scores were among the greatest fans of the Blackstreet number one hit No Diggity, with Eminem’s Lose Yourself rated highly too.
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https://www.theguardian.com/science...s-prefer-rap-over-classical-music-study-shows

The story was picked up and reported by a number of other newspapers and magazines:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4920738/Psychopaths-prefer-listening-rap-music.html
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...ould-be-a-psychopath/articleshow/60845120.cms
http://www.ibtimes.com/can-your-taste-music-determine-if-youre-psychopath-2594230
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/psychopat...not-classical-researchers-find-090225842.html

I'm a Mahler fan myself.
 
This is a relief. I like classical music. I hadn't seen either movie, though, so I didn't know classical music was supposedly associated with psychopathy.
 
Financial Times readers

Kevin Dutton, a psychologist at Oxford, and the author of The Wisdom of Psychopaths, has been gathering data on musical tastes and other preferences for a psychopath study with Channel 4. More than three million people have responded so far, and while online surveys have serious weaknesses, the results so far suggest psychopaths favour rap music over classical and jazz. They also seem more likely to read the Financial Times than other newspapers.

From the first link

https://www.theguardian.com/science/...ic-study-shows
 
I love No Diggity. Great song. I love Eminem as well.
 
I like Eminem too and NWA, Public Enemy, etc. But im
an avid jazz listener. I pretty much like all jazz except current vocal jazz. kazz is mostly what I listen to. And classical (romantic period and baroque) is part of my DNA though I mostly listen to it at concerts rather than CD's or the car.
 
From the link also,
Whatever their other personality traits might be, fans of The Knack’s My Sharona and Sia’s Titanium were among the least psychopathic, the study found.
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Funny because while I like NoDiggity and Lose Yourself, I think I truly may enjoy listening to Titanium and My Sharona a lot more... they're just less over-played in my area anyway.
 
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