> But I believe there are some simpler reasons for older people’s aversion to newer music. One of the most researched laws of social psychology is something cal

> But I believe there are some simpler reasons for older people’s aversion to newer music. One of the most researched laws of social psychology is something called the “mere exposure effect.” In a nutshell, it means that the more we’re exposed to something, the more we tend to like it. Yeah, the entire article wouldn't apply to me (35) if it wasn't that little part. I didn't paid much attention to music until my late teens/early 20s, though while i have some genres i like, i always find myself going to different stuff over the years - but that is usually learning about new genres. But that part explains it really - i learn about music by listening to random music videos made on YouTube (often by unknown artists or channels that mainly promote unknown artists). And YouTube tends to repeat the same (or similar) videos if you leave it by itself :-P. Though if the topic is popular/mainstream music... i never liked that outside when i was ~12 or something but that was mainly because nothing else was on the TV. Once i had control over what i could listen to, i went my way :-P.