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It's True: Some People Just Don't Like Music
sciencehabit writes "Researchers have found that between 1 and 3% of people don't like music of any kind. These people aren't tone deaf or incapable of grasping the emotional meaning of a song—their brains simply didn’t find listening to music rewarding. While some psychiatric disorders are associated with the loss of the ability to feel pleasure, called anhedonia, the music-haters represent the first evidence for not feeling pleasure from only one specific pleasing stimulant, a condition that has been dubbed music-specific anhedonia. Curious where you fall on the music reward spectrum? The researchers have an online quiz."
I know I actively prefer silence to most music, but what I like, I like intensely. Update: 03/06 21:48 GMT by T : Sorry for the garbled submission; now fixed.
The amount of statistical information in the OP and the bonus "online quiz" has made this the /. article of the day!
I didn't know there were so many fans of Bieber.
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I know a few people who can't stand music of any kind. They prefer jazz.
As soon as I start singing, they throw rotten fruit at me!
Slow down, cowboy! It has been 4 hours since you last posted. You must wait another few hours.
Well, to be fair, the words rap and music ARE mutually exclusive terms.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........