Researchers have shown that humans perceive approaching sounds differently than we perceive receding sounds. We overestimate how quickly the sound approaching us is moving (Neuhoff, 2001). There is ...

The world is full of sounds, and sound can affect us greatly. Some sounds are pleasant, like the laughter of a small child or a babbling brook in a peaceful forest. Other sounds are unpleasant, like ...

Do you have more splintering? IS there anything like ‘straining at the door panel?'” asks Lawrence Kasdan. His sound designer, Bob Grieve, suggests that the music is too loud; the audience won’t catch ...

The brain has evolved to interpret these irregular sounds as potential danger, triggering that instinctive “fight or flight” response. It’s the reason the screeching violins in the movie “Psycho” or ...

The iconic shower scene in Psycho was originally supposed to play out without music. Instead composer Bernard Herrmann created “The Murder”: as the killing transpires, violins shriek and scream along ...

These horror games turn silence into a weapon, using atmosphere and tension to create fear far more unsettling than jump scares.

If things on Earth aren't scary enough for you this Halloween, you can listen to scary sounds from space thanks to NASA. The U.S. space agency tweeted that they will host a live listen with a question ...

Halloween is just around the corner. That means it's time to start decorating and getting your home in order for the scariest season of all. And yes, that includes getting your smart home and Alexa ...

Did you ever wonder what the Earth's magnetic field sounded like? Will it also be magnetizing to the ears? Apparently, it's a bit haunting and creepy to say the least. You can hear it yourself with ...

A broken cellphone. An abandoned log cabin. Trees reaching for a sunless sky. Nowhere has all the visual markers of an eerie horror video game, but the devil is in the narrative detail. "The ...