从听歌喜好看思考方式：柔和派or激烈派？

 　　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.

　　心理学家已经知道音乐偏好与个性有关，但一项新的研究发现，你的音乐偏好也跟你思考的方式有关。

　　The University of Cambridge study, which was published Wednesday in the online journal PLOS One, found that people who are high in empathy prefer "mellow¹" music -- including R&B/soul, adult contemporary and soft rock -- while those with more analytical³ minds tend to prefer more "intense" music -- such as punk, heavy metal and hard rock.

　　这项研究由剑桥大学发起，并于星期三在网络期刊《PLOS One》上发表。研究结果显示，同理心强的人喜欢柔和的音乐，包括节奏蓝调/灵魂乐、成人时代风格和慢摇滚；而善于分析的人则喜欢更“激烈”的音乐，比如朋克、重金属和硬摇滚。

　　从听歌喜好看思考方式：柔和派or激烈派？

　　Taylor Swift or AC/DC?

　　泰勒·斯威夫特还是AC/DC乐队？

　　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 genres⁴.

　　在研究过程中，英国研究人员通过脸书APP招募了超过4000名参与者，让他们填写了有关个性的问卷，然后给他们播放了50首不同类型的歌曲并让他们给歌曲打分。

　　The researchers found that empathetic individuals ("empathizers") tended to prefer more emotionally driven music, while analytic² minds ("systemizers") gravitated toward music with greater sonic complexity⁵.

　　研究人员发现善于移情的人（“移情者”）偏爱能带动情感的音乐，而拥有分析头脑的人（“系统思维者”）偏爱音效复杂的音乐。

　　"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 analyze⁶ the patterns that underpin⁷ the world, preferred music ... which not only features high energy and positive emotions."

　　“移情者会本能地理解他人的想法和感情，他们喜欢的音乐动感不强，带有消极情绪（如悲伤）并富有情感深度，”大卫·格林伯格（剑桥大学博士研究生，调查的第一作者）在给《赫芬顿邮报》的邮件中说道。“另一方面，系统思维者会本能地理解、分析事物运行的模式，他们喜欢的音乐有强烈的动感和积极的情绪。”

　　Why? The researchers hypothesize that people seek out music that reflects and reinforces their own mental states.

　　为什么会这样？研究人员猜测，人们挑选的是能反映自身心理状态、增强自身心理感受的音乐。

　　"People’s musical choices seem to be a mirror of who they are," Greenberg said.

　　“人们选择的音乐就像一面镜子，反映了他们是什么样的人，”格林伯格说。

1 mellow   

adj.柔和的；熟透的；v.变柔和；(使)成熟

参考例句：

• These apples are mellow at this time of year.每年这时节，苹果就熟透了。
• The colours become mellow as the sun went down.当太阳落山时，色彩变得柔和了。

2 analytic   

adj.分析的，用分析方法的

参考例句：

• The boy has an analytic mind. 这男孩有分析的头脑。
• Latin is a synthetic language,while English is analytic.拉丁文是一种综合性语言，而英语是一种分析性语言。

3 analytical   

adj.分析的；用分析法的

参考例句：

• I have an analytical approach to every survey.对每项调查我都采用分析方法。
• As a result,analytical data obtained by analysts were often in disagreement.结果各个分析家所得的分析数据常常不一致。

4 genres   

（文学、艺术等的）类型，体裁，风格( genre的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Novel and short story are different genres. 长篇小说和短篇小说是不同的类别。
• But confusions over the two genres have a long history. 但是类型的混淆，古已有之。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译

5 complexity   

n.复杂(性)，复杂的事物

参考例句：

• Only now did he understand the full complexity of the problem.直到现在他才明白这一问题的全部复杂性。
• The complexity of the road map puzzled me.错综复杂的公路图把我搞糊涂了。

6 analyze   

vt.分析，解析 (=analyse)

参考例句：

• We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
• The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。

7 underpin   

v.加固，支撑

参考例句：

• China needs regional stability to underpin its continued economic growth.中国需要地区稳定来巩固其持续的经济增长。
• These developments are underpinned by solid progress in heavy industry.重工业的稳固发展为这些进展打下了基础。