Is That a Tombstone, Gravestone, or Headstone? Why Is the Sound of a Human Scream So Terrifying?
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Why Screams Are So Scary?
The acoustics of the human scream communicate fear even more effectively than jason or freddi cruger. But why are screams so particularly startling to us? When other noisy sounds like aerplanes, construction noise and thunder surely boom in our ears just as loudly. What unique to the human shriek that sends chills down our backs when we hear it?
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