Student digs have long rang out with the strains of heavy metal, while classical music is more readily associated with an older, middle-class existence. However - if new research is to be believed – fans of Mozart may have more in common with Motorhead lovers than has been thought. A new study by psychologists at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh asked more than 36,000 people worldwide to rate 104 musical styles, while also quizzing them about aspects of their personality. It found that metal fans had almost identical personality traits as their classical music-loving counterparts, with both apparently being creative and introverted. Professor Adrian North, Heriot-Watt's head of applied psychology, said: "I was struck by how similar fans of heavy metal and classical music really are. Apart from the age differences, they were virtually identical. "Both were more creative than other people, both were not terribly outgoing and they were also quite at ease with themselves." People from countries as far away as Malaysia, China, Japan and Chile took part in the study. Pareto - Graduate Jobs with some the UK's largest companies earning up to £35k OTE. Pareto has a unique approach to placing graduates in high-profile graduate sales jobs and graduate jobs. We are the UK's largest and most successful graduate assessment, graduate placement and sales training organisation.
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