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By Stephen Beech

Songs from our teenage years have the biggest emotional impact, reveals new research.

Men have the greatest attachment to tunes from when they were 16 years of age while women relate most to songs from when they were 19 or older, according to the findings.

The disparity may be because men often cement their musical identity earlier, say scientists.

The global study found that our most "emotionally resonant" music tends to come from our teenage years, peaking around the age of 17.

The pronounced pattern - known as the “reminiscence bump”- reflects our tendency to form the strongest emotional ties to music from our teenage years, according to scientists.

They say that the "bump” helps explain why songs from adolescence often remain d

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