Whether you prefer sophisticated or simple music could reveal a lot about your personality.

If you like simple acoustic tunes， you are likely to be talkative and energetic， and if youre an opera lover then youre probably insightful and imaginative.

Thats according to two major studies conducted by psychologists from Cambridge University that have revealed the relationship between music and personality.

In online studies， more than 20，000 participants were presented with 25 unfamiliar musical extracts over different genres.

They also filled in surveys to assess their personality type—including openness， extroversion， agreeableness， neuroticism and conscientiousness.

你對復(fù)雜音樂或者簡單音樂的喜好可以揭示你的性格。

如果你喜歡簡單的原聲音樂，你可能健談又精力充沛；如果是你熱愛歌劇，你很可能富有洞察力和想象力。

這樣的推斷是根據(jù)劍橋大學(xué)心理學(xué)家開展的兩項(xiàng)大型研究得出。這兩項(xiàng)研究揭示了音樂和性格間的關(guān)系。

接受在線調(diào)查的2萬多名參與者聽了25個(gè)不熟悉的不同類型的音樂曲目片段。

他們還填寫了評估性格類型的調(diào)查問卷，包括開放型、外向型、隨和型、神經(jīng)質(zhì)型和盡責(zé)型。

The team， led by Dr Jason Rentfrow， at Fitzwilliam College， Cambridge found two main trends.

According to the study， open personalities liked sophisticated music over tunes that were mellow.

This may be because people who score highly for openness like to learn new things.

Extroverts preferred unpretentious music categorised that were relaxing and acoustic.

The study also found agreeable people tended to give all the music clips higher scores， while neurotics marked more harshly， according to the Telegraph.

劍橋大學(xué)菲茨威廉學(xué)院的杰森·倫特弗洛博士帶領(lǐng)的研究團(tuán)隊(duì)發(fā)現(xiàn)了兩個(gè)主要趨勢。

研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，開放型的人喜歡復(fù)雜的音樂，而非柔和的音樂。這也許是因?yàn)殚_放型的人更喜歡學(xué)習(xí)新事物。

外向的人更喜歡讓人放松的樸實(shí)的原聲音樂。

據(jù)《每日電訊報(bào)》報(bào)道，研究還發(fā)現(xiàn)，隨和的人一般會給所有音樂曲目的片段打高分，而神經(jīng)質(zhì)的人一般打分更苛刻。

David Greenberg， a psychologist at the University of Cambridge， 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.

People who can identify patterns and systems， known as “systemisers”， prefer intense music that forms complex sounds.

The theory， he explained， is that empathisers are interested in musics emotional qualities and how it makes them feel， whereas systemisers are more intrigued by its structural qualities.

劍橋大學(xué)心理學(xué)家戴維·格林伯格說，那些善于理解自己和他人想法及情感的人，即所謂的“有同理心者”，更喜歡能喚起內(nèi)心深處情感的柔和的音樂。

能夠識別音樂形態(tài)和系統(tǒng)的人，被稱為“系統(tǒng)識別者”，更喜歡節(jié)奏強(qiáng)烈、旋律復(fù)雜的音樂。

格林伯格解釋這一理論時(shí)說：“有同理心者”對音樂的感染力及其能帶給聽者何種感受更感興趣，而“系統(tǒng)識別者”認(rèn)為音樂的結(jié)構(gòu)特征更有吸引力。

The researchers found that people who prefer reflective and complex music like blues， classical and jazz score highly on openness to experience， and see themselves as politically liberal， intelligent and not very athletic.

Those who preferred heavy metal and alternative music were similar to jazz lovers， but more likely to think of themselves as athletic.

They found that fans of upbeat music like country， pop and soundtracks， on the other hand， tended to have low scores for openness to experience and intelligence.

They were more likely to be agreeable， extroverted and conscientious and see themselves asattractive， wealthy， athletic and politically conservative.

Finally， people who prefer energetic and rhythmic music were also extroverted， agreeable， attractive and athletic， but they did not share the political inclination， wealth or lower intelligence scores as lovers of upbeat music.

研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，喜歡藍(lán)調(diào)音樂、古典音樂和爵士樂等令人深思的復(fù)雜音樂的人，在經(jīng)驗(yàn)開放性方面得分很高，而且自認(rèn)為政治立場自由、智商高但不善于運(yùn)動。

那些喜歡重金屬音樂和另類音樂的人與喜歡爵士樂的人相似，但更多地自認(rèn)為善于運(yùn)動。

在另一方面，研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，喜歡鄉(xiāng)村音樂、流行音樂和電影配樂等歡快音樂的人，一般經(jīng)驗(yàn)開放性和智商的得分都偏低。

這些人更可能是隨和、外向、富有責(zé)任心的，而且自認(rèn)為有魅力、富有、善于運(yùn)動、政治立場保守。

該研究還發(fā)現(xiàn)，喜歡有活力的、節(jié)奏感強(qiáng)的音樂的人，比較外向、隨和、有魅力、善于運(yùn)動，但他們的政治傾向、經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況與喜歡歡快音樂的人不同，智商也不那么低。