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London, March 15 (ANI): Scottish University scientists have discovered a growing trend for music fans to create unusual track lists on their mp3 players.

Rather than simply ordering their favourite songs by artist or genre, people are creating lists to fit particular times of day or year or to provoke certain moods, reports the Scotsman.

The researchers have now put the lists people create on their mp3 players into four categories, including mood and emotions.

They discovered music lovers still put their music into traditional groupings such as traditional genre or artists.

But also found listeners created music lists in unexpected categories such as for activities they do while listening to the list, such as cooking, or for a particular time of day, or to provoke a mood.

The four categories are: genres and artists, activities, time of day or year and emotions. Nearly a quarter of the lists studies were for activities ranging from sleeping to dancing and cooking, with exercise and travel being the most popular.

The study, undertaken by Adrian North and Amanda Krause, found created lists for particular times of year such as spring. They also discovered a trend for creating lists of music that are designed to provoke particular moods. (ANI)