Studie toont aan dat metalmuziek helpt te ontspannen
Moeders, stuur uw zonen dit weekend met gerust gemoed naar Graspop. Metal, zo leert een recente studie, doet immers meer voor (hoog)begaafde tieners dan u altijd dacht. 'Hoe extremer de druk, hoe extremer de uitlaatklep.'
Bron: Standaard.be
"Invisible Pink Unicorns are beings of great spiritual power. We know this because they are capable of being invisible and pink at the same time. Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them."
Gifted students who feel the pressure of their ability could be using Heavy Metal music to get rid of negative emotions.
This is the conclusion of Stuart Cadwallader and Professor Jim Campbell of The National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth at the University of Warwick. They will discuss their findings at the British Psychological Societys Annual Conference at the University of York today, Wednesday 21 March 2007.
1,057 students aged between 11 and 18 years old completed a survey which asked them about family, school attitudes, leisure time pursuits and media preferences. They also asked them to rank favoured genres of music.
They found that rock was the most popular form of music, closely followed by pop. But there were also differences between the type of music the young people liked and their attitudes - with those who liked Heavy Metal having lower self-esteem and ideas about themselves.
To find out why this was, the researchers then quizzed 19 gifted students via an online group interview to find out their views on Heavy Metal.
These pupils said they did not consider themselves to be Metalheads but identified with specific aspects of this youth culture.
They spoke specifically about using Heavy Metal for catharsis, literally using the loud and often aggressive music to jump out frustrations and anger. Although the more ardent fans stated that theres Metal out there for every occasion, many also stated they listen to the music when they are in a bad mood.
Mr Cadwallader said: Perhaps the pressures associated with being gifted and talented can be temporarily forgotten with the aid of music. As one student suggests, perhaps gifted people may experience more pressure than their peers and they use the music to purge this negativity.
"Invisible Pink Unicorns are beings of great spiritual power. We know this because they are capable of being invisible and pink at the same time. Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them."
Heerlijk toch, Dillinger Escape Plan/mastodon/Converge op tijdens het verwerken van data. Dat zet het knopje werken op standje HARD! Om daarna bij diezelfde teringherrie in slaap te vallen in de trein
Ik ga niet extremer dan Dragonforce De spanningen waar ze het hier over hebben schiet ik liever van me af door lekker online een potje te gaan knallen. Ieder zo zn eigen ding he
'The universe has a way of not caring about what you believe.'
Metal is alleen goed voor de mens wanneer het zijn smaak is
Voor mij is melodieuze rock nu juist weer erg ontspannend.
Ik vind het wel prima dat ze het stereotypebeeld eens wat nuanceren, alleen vind ik het jammer dat ze daarin dan ook weer meteen doorslaan.
IMEC is overigens zo'n beetje hét technische onderzoeksbedrijf van België (gevestigd net buiten Leuven-stad), ze doen daar onder andere onderzoek naar chips en laptopbatterijen.
Deze berggorilla wordt ernstig met uitsterven bedreigd doordat hun natuurlijk habitat wordt aangetast agv illegale bomenkap
We kunnen, nog, voorkomen dat deze prachtige dieren uitsterven. Familie laat je toch niet in de steek.
ga ik niet voor mijn ontspanning. 
