Music tastes and Intelligence...A link has been found.
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If you've seen what I seen, this graph fits perfectly with my school except no one I know listens to Beethoven.
While music and intelligence go hand-in-hand at times, this study is doing an assy job of showing it.
Studies have shown that people who are born with natural musical talent tend to be smarter than the average person, but not necessarily smarter in the generalized definition of the word. There are many different kinds of intelligence (i.e. artistic intelligence, musical intelligence, etc., etc.), and if you're testing a population based on just one kind of intelligence, you're skewering the data.
They should redo this test, then offer up a new graph based on whether the students enjoy partaking in an art form, play a musical instrument, as well as any other relevant hobbies. I guarantee you that many of the bands that scored low on this list will score much higher and vice versa.
Like someone said earlier in the thread, you can score off the charts academically and still have tastes in music that aren't considered "intelligent bands." My girlfriend's sister is smart as hell and her favorite bands are Shinedown, Seether, and Breaking Benjamin. Go figure.
Studies have shown that people who are born with natural musical talent tend to be smarter than the average person, but not necessarily smarter in the generalized definition of the word. There are many different kinds of intelligence (i.e. artistic intelligence, musical intelligence, etc., etc.), and if you're testing a population based on just one kind of intelligence, you're skewering the data.
They should redo this test, then offer up a new graph based on whether the students enjoy partaking in an art form, play a musical instrument, as well as any other relevant hobbies. I guarantee you that many of the bands that scored low on this list will score much higher and vice versa.
Like someone said earlier in the thread, you can score off the charts academically and still have tastes in music that aren't considered "intelligent bands." My girlfriend's sister is smart as hell and her favorite bands are Shinedown, Seether, and Breaking Benjamin. Go figure.
Meh, I prefer a little Chopin.
Anyway, its bullshit really, just correlational evidence.
I listen to all genres on that graph except Indie and R'n'B and am neither really intelligent or really stupid and I know some of my less intelligent friends that love Jazz, which I think is more complex than 'Classical'.
Anyway, its bullshit really, just correlational evidence.
I listen to all genres on that graph except Indie and R'n'B and am neither really intelligent or really stupid and I know some of my less intelligent friends that love Jazz, which I think is more complex than 'Classical'.
I'm not surprised by this at all. Different socioeconomic classes listen to different forms of music, and have access to differing levels of education. When standardized test scores are the measure of "intelligence" it should be no wonder that the favored culture of the elite is associated with it.
Feh, I did great on the SAT and I like a whole bunch of the music that supposedly makes you do badly.
Yay! Beethoven! My favorite composer wins again! Ahhhh I love classical, so glad I don't listen to anything else anymore.
I completely agree with this study as I myself am a perfect example of how music musical tastes have directly helped/hindered my intelligence.
I suffered a stroke whilst listening to 'Lil Wayne' and the medium of Jazz music at age 8. I was told this happened because I was just stupid, and I had had bad taste in music. Not that I had suffered a loss of bloodflow to the brain as you may think. 'Perhaps' I was to wonder, was it a musical based lapse of bloodflow?
Then when I grew from a child and into my human form of a man. I started listening to Beethoven, found a cure for dementia and was certified a genius. Again I put this entirely down to my ability to listen to music, and get smarter.
Its amazing what statistics can prove isn't it?
I suffered a stroke whilst listening to 'Lil Wayne' and the medium of Jazz music at age 8. I was told this happened because I was just stupid, and I had had bad taste in music. Not that I had suffered a loss of bloodflow to the brain as you may think. 'Perhaps' I was to wonder, was it a musical based lapse of bloodflow?
Then when I grew from a child and into my human form of a man. I started listening to Beethoven, found a cure for dementia and was certified a genius. Again I put this entirely down to my ability to listen to music, and get smarter.
Its amazing what statistics can prove isn't it?
