The Neuroscience Of Why Screams Are So Terrifying

Monday, July 20, 2015 - 08:31 in Mathematics & Economics

By Charles Choi, Inside Science -- Bloodcurdling screams in horror movies often send tingles down people's spines, even though they know such shrieks are fake. Now scientists have discovered the key ingredient of screams that activates the brain's fear circuitry. Inventors may have unknowingly copied this hair-raising acoustic feature into alarms found in cars and houses. read more

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