🎧 Simply listening to music more ≠better mental health at the population level. This contrasts with intervention studies and may reflect key differences between prescribed vs. self-initiated music listening habits @ae.mpg.de
Among ~10,500 Swedish twins, listening to more music wasn't linked to better mental health. But people dealing with depression, anxiety, loneliness, or high neuroticism were much more likely to listen to music specifically to regulate their mood.
But why? Our twin & polygenic analyses point to shared genetics, not music itself, explaining the link. Listening to more music also didn't protect against genetic risk for mental health problems 🧬
There was a lot of laughter during this conversation and a few secret confessions... But we also had some great discussions about musicality, genetics, Beethoven and public outreach, mental health, and music genres... Thank you @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social and @aysuo.bsky.social for having me! 🎶
The question I get most after talks about music and mental health: "But what about people who just listen to music?" Most of us never pick up an instrument, we engage with music through listening... So we studied it. New paper on music listening, mental health & genetics 🎵
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
While some people actively play instruments, most primarily engage with music through listening. Although intervention studies consistently report pos…
Big news! @dr-appie.bsky.social returns to Born and Raised this week, and besides talking about how social inequality and genetic structure affect each other, he also has a cool surprise for us! Can you guess what it is?
In this week's episode, we talk to @laurawesseldijk.bsky.social about genetics, musicality, metal, mental health. But more importantly, we finally uncover @dr-appie.bsky.social's secret music career and learn about Laura's childhood playing trombone on a horse while doing a headstand??
Can society shape the human genome? What happens when people move to opportunity? Why do genes associated with educational attainment cluster geographically? And what happens to the gene pool when edu...
What's the deal with musicality and genetics? This week, Born and Raised went to talk to Laura Wesseldijk. There's something here for both metalheads, horse riding enthusiasts and trombonists!
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What is musicality? Why do some people seem to have more of it? Did Beethoven have the genes for it? And which musical genre is most associated with depression? These questions and many more are cover...
omg it's laura wesseldijk, I love laura wesseldijk!
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Aysu Okbay
Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics
What's the deal with musicality and genetics? This week, Born and Raised went to talk to Laura Wesseldijk. There's something here for both metalheads, horse riding enthusiasts and trombonists!
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What is musicality? Why do some people seem to have more of it? Did Beethoven have the genes for it? And which musical genre is most associated with depression? These questions and many more are cover...
