Listen to podcasts? You're likely more open minded

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Aussie and US researchers suggest that people who listen to podcasts are on average more open, intellectually curious, and non-neurotic than non-listeners. The team asked over 300 participants questions on their podcast listening habits and compared them to their personality traits and reasons for listening. The researchers found, contrary to predictions, people didn't tune in to feel more autonomous, competent, related, meaningful, or for mindfulness reasons, nor was it due to a smartphone addiction. People with a higher need to belong were less likely to have listened to a podcast, but among those who listened to podcasts, the one-sided relationships and social engagement of tuning-in were related to positive outcomes for the listeners.

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Organisation/s: Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

Funder: SJT received funding for this research from the Behavioural Neuroscience & Mental Health program of the Institute of Health & Biomedical Innovation at Queensland University of Technology. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript

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