Your Playlist May Reveal if You're a Psychopath or Not (curiosity topic 2)

A secret may be lurking deep within your Spotify playlists. And we're not talking about "Smooth" by Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas popping up more than it should. According to a team of researchers, some of your favorite songs could reveal whether or not you're a psychopath. Be careful which tunes you tap your toe to...

In preliminary and unpublished research, a team from New York University found that, basically, Hannibal Lecter's love of classical music misses the mark (no word — yet — on the accuracy of Patrick Bateman's penchant for Huey Lewis and the News (R-rated content alert)). For the study, 200 people listened to 260 songs. Those with the highest psychopath scores were some of the biggest fans of Blackstreet's "No Diggity." The most psychotic of the bunch also loved Eminem's incomparable "Lose Yourself." (Both are objectively really wonderful songs, thankyouverymuch.) Those with the lower psychopathy scores really dug The Knack's "My Sharona" and Sia's "Titanium."

Before you go snooping through your ex-boyfriend's most-played tracks on Spotify for "No Diggity" and "Lose Yourself," other songs had greater predictive power of psychopathy. Research lead Pascal Wallisch didn't disclose the other songs for fear that it might skew the results of future tests. On second thought, maybe not the most comforting thought.