Re: unpleasant sounds

[Brian Gygi <bgygi@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 08:07 AM 4/19/2003 +0200, Christian Kaernbach wrote:


> Are there any recordings out there of GPS (goose pimple sounds)? I am
> not speaking of sounds like those in the IADS (screaming baby), but of
> sounds that give goose pimples merely by their physical stimulus
> properties, such as finger nails on the black board. Before I start
> looking for an appropriate laboratory stimulus I would like to look on
> ecological GPS, i.e. GPS that where recorded.
In the New York Times magazine of March 23, 2003, there was a piece on
Woody Norris who works with highly directed sounds.  Apparently, the
military has interest in these as weapons.  It seems that the sound of a
baby crying played backwards mixed with some pure tones is actually
debilitating.  The author of the piece tries and it out and finds it to be
the case.