Tales from the (manus)crypt: The sound of screams

30 Oct 2023 • 30 min • EN
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There’s something powerful about the sound of a scream. Whether it pierces the silence of an empty building or rings out through a crowded room, it forces you to stop what you’re doing and take note. It turns out there’s a scientific explanation for that. Our brains are hardwired to recognize the sound of a human scream as a distress signal so that we can respond accordingly. We talked to neuroscientist Luc Arnal about what particular sounds make a scream a scream and how he studies the brain circuits that interpret them.   This episode was produced by Andrew Saintsing and mixed by Collin Warren.

From "Third Pod from the Sun"

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