Music Cognition - Effects of Identity On Musical Preferences

Effects of Identity On Musical Preferences

Psychologists generally accept the notion that nonclinical individual differences could be summarized according to five different dimensions. These dimensions are now known as the big five personality traits and include openness to new experiences, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. Researchers interested in studying personality correlates with music preferences have focused on the big five and found significant correlations between popular music types and big five personality traits.

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