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.
心理學(xué)家已經(jīng)知道音樂偏好與個(gè)性有關(guān)，但一項(xiàng)新的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，你的音樂偏好也跟你思考的方式有關(guān)。

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.
這項(xiàng)研究由劍橋大學(xué)發(fā)起，并于星期三在網(wǎng)絡(luò)期刊《PLOS One》上發(fā)表。研究結(jié)果顯示，同理心強(qiáng)的人喜歡柔和的音樂，包括節(jié)奏藍(lán)調(diào)/靈魂樂、成人時(shí)代風(fēng)格和慢搖滾；而善于分析的人則喜歡更“激烈”的音樂，比如朋克、重金屬和硬搖滾。

Taylor Swift or AC/DC?
泰勒·斯威夫特還是AC/DC樂隊(duì)？

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.?
在研究過(guò)程中，英國(guó)研究人員通過(guò)臉書APP招募了超過(guò)4000名參與者，讓他們填寫了有關(guān)個(gè)性的問(wèn)卷，然后給他們播放了50首不同類型的歌曲并讓他們給歌曲打分。

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.?
研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)善于移情的人（“移情者”）偏愛能帶動(dòng)情感的音樂，而擁有分析頭腦的人（“系統(tǒng)思維者”）偏愛音效復(fù)雜的音樂。

"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."
“移情者會(huì)本能地理解他人的想法和感情，他們喜歡的音樂動(dòng)感不強(qiáng)，帶有消極情緒（如悲傷）并富有情感深度，”大衛(wèi)·格林伯格（劍橋大學(xué)博士研究生，調(diào)查的第一作者）在給《赫芬頓郵報(bào)》的郵件中說(shuō)道。“另一方面，系統(tǒng)思維者會(huì)本能地理解、分析事物運(yùn)行的模式，他們喜歡的音樂有強(qiáng)烈的動(dòng)感和積極的情緒?！?/div>

Why? The researchers hypothesize that people seek out music that reflects and reinforces their own mental states.
為什么會(huì)這樣？研究人員猜測(cè)，人們挑選的是能反映自身心理狀態(tài)、增強(qiáng)自身心理感受的音樂。

"People’s musical choices seem to be a mirror of who they are," Greenberg said. ?
“人們選擇的音樂就像一面鏡子，反映了他們是什么樣的人，”格林伯格說(shuō)。

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