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Sonic Happiness: A guide to feeling better through sound

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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Are You Getting Chills From a S M R?

We don't really understand sound's effects on our psychology very well. Am we could point to specific kinds of sounds that affect us strongly? Like if i was to blast a like siren right now in the middle of this podcast episode, you have the sense, and could probably accurately forecast that it would make you e a little bit stressed. But when you're talking about eating a pickle very quietly, or whispering, i'm not sure that's a case where i have strong affective predictions about how this is going to feel.

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