Why you don’t like jazz music
New research suggests testosterone levels could affect your musical choice.
A new study published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences found that men with more testosterone in their saliva are less likely to enjoy sophisticated music such as jazz, classical and avant-garde.
Those with more testosterone in their bodies were more likely to enjoy rock music.
For the study, the team looked at 37 males and 39 females and had each listen to 25 pieces of music and then rate them on a scale of one to 19 for how much they enjoyed the song.
In addition, the volunteers had their testosterone levels measured through a saliva sample.
The study failed to find a link between testosterone levels and musical taste in female volunteers, but for the males a clear link soon emerged.
Higher testosterone levels in males was associated with a preference for a type of music that the researchers termed “unsophisticated”, such as rock music.
Those with lower testosterone levels were more inclined to like classical and jazz.
What do you think? Do you think your biology can determine the kind of music that you like?
Us men have a reduction in testosterone as we age, therefore the report suggests that older men are more likely to enjoy Jazz?