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Twin modelling reveals partly distinct genetic pathways to music enjoyment.
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- Adolescent music engagement is associated with less alcohol consumption and substance experimentation 5-11 years later: A genetically informative study.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2026Article
- Genetic and Environmental Influences on Singing Self-Evaluation and its Relationship with Singing Ability: An Australian Twin Study.Behavior genetics · 2026Article
- Genetic underpinnings of chills from art and music.PLoS genetics · 2026Article
- Distinct genetic underpinnings of inter-individual differences in the sensorimotor-association axis of cortical organisation.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Inferring Cinematic Aesthetic Biases from the Statistics of Early Movies.Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Twin modelling reveals partly distinct genetic pathways to music enjoyment.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Dimensions of music use motivations: Genetic and environmental underpinnings, and associations with Big Five and Empathy traits.PloS one · 2025Article
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Abstract
Humans engage with music for various reasons that range from emotional regulation and relaxation to social bonding. While there are large inter-individual differences in how much humans enjoy music, little is known about the origins of those differences. Here, we disentangle the genetic factors underlying such variation. We collect data on several facets of music reward sensitivity, as measured by the Barcelona Music Reward Questionnaire, plus music perceptual abilities and general reward sensitivity from a large sample of Swedish twins (N = 9169; 2305 complete pairs). We estimate that genetic effects contribute up to 54% of the variability in music reward sensitivity, with 70% of these effects being independent of music perceptual abilities and general reward sensitivity. Furthermore, multivariate analyses show that genetic and environmental influences on the different facets of music reward sensitivity are partly distinct, uncovering distinct pathways to music enjoyment and different patterns of genetic associations with objectively assessed music perceptual abilities. These results paint a complex picture in which partially distinct sources of variation contribute to different aspects of musical enjoyment.
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