You might think that you don\u2019t scare easily. But when it comes to scary sounds, you really don\u2019t have a choice. Because it\u2019s all in your biology.<\/strong><\/p>\n Halloween is coming up! And while well-executed costumes and scary-looking pumpkins can be frightening enough, the creepy sounds of Halloween can truly scare the bejeezus out of us.\u00a0But sound is really just vibrations \u2013 so why do some vibrations trigger instant fear?<\/p>\n It seems that it\u2019s all about biology. You see, our brains have evolved to fear what\u2019s called non-linear sounds. Non-linear sounds are sound waves that have a very high amplitude and a higher volume in comparison with other sounds. They often contain frequency jumps, non-standard harmonies, or chaos and noise \u2013 and you can produce them by abruptly changing the frequency of acoustic instruments.\u00a0Non-linear sounds, like the cry of an animal or a human scream, are scary to us because they extend beyond the normal capacity of the vocal cords. And our brains have evolved to understand the abnormality in these sounds, so we instantly know something is wrong or that there\u2019s danger close by. In fact, our brains react to these sounds so fast that even the brain itself doesn\u2019t know what\u2019s going on until after we\u2019ve reacted. That\u2019s simply a survival mechanism.<\/p>\n DID YOU KNOW? An extensive study has shown that movies, and in particular horror movies, are full of non-linear sounds that aim to make what we\u2019re watching more captivating.\u00a0Did the moviemakers intentionally use them to scare us? Probably. But one thing\u2019s for sure: even if images can be dead scary, evolutionary biology has caused us to be more scared of certain sounds. So, if you scare easily, be sure to mute the worst audio scenes of your upcoming Halloween flicks… and enjoy! Muahahaha!<\/p>\n References WHY SOME SOUNDS INSTANTLY SCARE US (AT HALLOWEEN) You might think that you don\u2019t scare easily. But when it comes to scary sounds, you really don\u2019t have a choice. Because it\u2019s all in your biology. Halloween is coming up! And while well-executed costumes and scary-looking pumpkins can be frightening enough, the creepy sounds of Halloween […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nonahdesigns.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nonahdesigns.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nonahdesigns.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nonahdesigns.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nonahdesigns.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nonahdesigns.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nonahdesigns.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nonahdesigns.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nonahdesigns.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nHearing is a mechanical sense that travels through only five nerves before you react. The process is over before your brain really has understood what happened.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nIt\u2019s Okay To Be Smart
\n<\/a>Scienceabc.com
\n<\/a>Heartlandhearingiowa.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"