[–] ChrisArchitect 1d ago ↗ Sources:The Sound of Intelligence (2016)https://www.academia.edu/65273841/The_Sound_of_IntelligenceIntelligence, music preferences, and uses of music from the perspective of evolutionary psychology (2019)https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Febs0000124 [–] eesmith 1d ago ↗ As tested in Romania.With no indication of how the subjects were selected.Social class and musical education are obvious confounding variables, while they only looked at age and gender.They cite Virgil Griffith, which https://brainvolts.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/boxtr... categorizes as "noted Internet data miner Virgil Griffith". There's a Wikipedia page about him at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Griffith . Looks like he got out of prison last year.Google Scholar knows of no citations to the paper, nor favorable reviews for Griffith's analysis other than what appears to me to be a couple of kooks.The paper comes across to me, a non-expert, as low quality.
[–] eesmith 1d ago ↗ As tested in Romania.With no indication of how the subjects were selected.Social class and musical education are obvious confounding variables, while they only looked at age and gender.They cite Virgil Griffith, which https://brainvolts.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/boxtr... categorizes as "noted Internet data miner Virgil Griffith". There's a Wikipedia page about him at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Griffith . Looks like he got out of prison last year.Google Scholar knows of no citations to the paper, nor favorable reviews for Griffith's analysis other than what appears to me to be a couple of kooks.The paper comes across to me, a non-expert, as low quality.
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[ 4.2 ms ] story [ 22.0 ms ] threadThe Sound of Intelligence (2016)
https://www.academia.edu/65273841/The_Sound_of_Intelligence
Intelligence, music preferences, and uses of music from the perspective of evolutionary psychology (2019)
https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Febs0000124
With no indication of how the subjects were selected.
Social class and musical education are obvious confounding variables, while they only looked at age and gender.
They cite Virgil Griffith, which https://brainvolts.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/boxtr... categorizes as "noted Internet data miner Virgil Griffith". There's a Wikipedia page about him at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Griffith . Looks like he got out of prison last year.
Google Scholar knows of no citations to the paper, nor favorable reviews for Griffith's analysis other than what appears to me to be a couple of kooks.
The paper comes across to me, a non-expert, as low quality.