People use this music to ‘purge’ their
negativity.
Liking heavy metal music is a sign of high intelligence,
research suggests.
Some people may use heavy metal music as a way of coping with
being talented.
Being a ‘metalhead’ is sometimes associated with poor
performance and delinquency, but this survey found otherwise.
More intelligent people may find themselves outsiders and use
heavy metal music to deal with the stress.
Dr Stuart Cadwallader, the study’s author, says there is a
stereotype that more intelligent people are into classical music.
While this is true for some, others take solace in heavy metal.
Dr Cadwallader said that young people enjoy the complex and
sometimes political themes in metal that are not explored in mainstream pop
music.
Both alienation and being separate from society may chime with
some gifted people.
The results come from a survey of 1,057 members of the National
Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth in the UK.
This body represents young people aged 11-18 who are in the top
5 per cent academically.
The results showed that while rock was the most popular genre
among talented youngsters, one-third rated heavy metal in their top five genres
and 6 per cent gave it top spot.
Those who particularly liked heavy metal also tended to have
lower self-esteem.
Genres traditionally linked to intelligence — classical music
and jazz — were the least popular.
Some young people said they liked to literally ‘jump out’ their
frustrations and anger to heavy metal.
Dr Cadwallader said:
“Perhaps the pressures associated with being gifted and talented
can be temporarily forgotten with the aid of music.
As
one student suggests, perhaps gifted people may experience more pressure than
their peers and they use the music to purge this negativity.”
cr: https://www.spring.org.uk/2018/11/music-high-iq.php
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