You might not have heard of "grima", but you have almost certainly felt it. It's a word to describe the feeling we get when we hear the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard, or a knife scratching a plate. Now psychologists in Spain are suggesting it should be considered its own emotion.Mar 2, 2017
Oehler was one of the researchers who presented a paper on the subject at the recent Acoustical Society of America conference. He says the most obnoxious frequencies of the noise are amplified by the shape of the human ear canal — making people cringe when they hear it.Nov 9, 2011
Music can send chills up some people's spines and give them goosebumps. According to new research, this could mean they experience more intense emotions. Goosebumps are actually part of our fight or flight response. It could be linked to our brains releasing dopamine, a reward hormone.Nov 9, 2017
Brain imaging shows that when we hear an unpleasant noise, the amygdala (active in processing emotions) adjusts the response of the auditory cortex (part of the brain that processes sound) which heightens activity and triggers a negative emotional reaction.Oct 11, 2012