 explanations for that behavior are different so you know to what extent do individuals feel open to the experience of new music to what experience to what extent does that change over time and what we've got to stare in the faith is that it does change it not only sort of levels out in the late 20s it declines over you know the rest of our lives and there are some really quite interesting and controversial differences between men and women in terms of the outcomes of open-earedness as we age