Personality and Computer Music

There is some evidence that both preferences and an attraction to computers and technology are related to personality. This paper will argue that the specific measure of 'music-systemizing' may therefore be predictive of a preference for electronica, techno and computer-generated music. We report a preliminary study with 36 participants in which those who enjoy computer music based genres demonstrated a trend of higher mean score on the music-systemizing scale than those who enjoy love songs.