One’s surroundings, including music can impact how much one drinks. Studies have found that high music volumes encourage people to drink faster and more. The type of music playing can even impact how much you spend. For instance, one study was conducted at a flower shop: romantic love songs were seen to impact shoppers in a way that they were inclined to spend more money.
According to those who have studied the phenomenon of personality-impacting musical tastes, people who like soft rock and R&B; mellow music could be low-energy people, inclined towards melancholy. Balanced personality types tend to like a wide variety of musical genres. Mechanically inclined ‘systemisers’ tend to like heavy metal, hard rock. Extroverts are more likely to be able to sing, it was found. Musicaluniverse.org is an ongoing scientific music psychology project where you can take quizzes and receive your scores instantly. It’s quite interesting; I tried it. Apparently I am very extroverted, fairly conscientious and quite open to new experiences based on the music I liked.
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