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.

Mind = Blown

[BisuDagger]

The amount of statistical information in the OP and the bonus "online quiz" has made this the /. article of the day!

HEY

[marcello_dl]

I didn't know there were so many fans of Bieber.

Jazz

[Curate]

I know a few people who can't stand music of any kind. They prefer jazz.

Everyone I know hates music

[Cro Magnon]

As soon as I start singing, they throw rotten fruit at me!

Re:disliker!

[cayenne8]

These days I still dont get gangster rap... except for a few rare cases.

Well, to be fair, the words rap and music ARE mutually exclusive terms.

;)