Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Research Question From: Neeraj Sharma <neerajww@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 00:31:09 -0400 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--f403045dc026380443055c6ba49b Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hi Rita: I am thinking from a signal acoustic feature perspective about "what acoustic feature in the signal can induce fear?" I see some link of this with a nice paper by Arnal et al. on the "why of" perceived annoyance of human screams. I will presume that the some (not all) sounds which induce fear will share acoustic features of scream, such as the spectrotemporal modulation space. * Human Screams Occupy a Privileged Niche in the Communication Soundscape Link: http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(15)00737-X Cheers, Neeraj On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 4:00 PM, James O'Sullivan <osullij8@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > This might not be what you're looking for, but have you heard about > infrasound? Sounds with frequencies less than 20Hz, so less than what is > typically audible to humans. However some people can still detect it, and > often report feelings of unease / fear. It has been attributed as being the > potential cause of several ghost stories and haunted houses. Wikipedia > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrasound#Human_reactions> has a decent > article on it. > > James > > James O'Sullivan, > Post-doctoral Researcher, > Columbia University. > > > On Oct 25, 2017, at 12:34 AM, Arun Chandra <arunc@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > "The Hall of the Mountain King" by Grieg, whistled by the murderer in "M" > > > > arun chandra > > > >> On 10/24/17 4:20 AM, ULStudent:RITA.MC CARTHY wrote: > >> Hi Guys, > >> I am in my final year in the University of Limerick, so this year I > have had to come up with a final year project, mine is, "Is it possible to > make synthetic sounds sound real and also, can they carry the same affect > of emotion to the listener as the real deal would?" This is all in the > horror genre. I have had to gather some horror sounds to work with but I > would also like other peoples opinion on what is considered a scary sound > to them. By the end of my fourth year I will hopefully have an installation > here at my university, where the listener sits in a dark room, 3D sound, so > speakers on high, mid and low level of the walls, and a narrative sound > design playing around them. > >> So my question is to you, what is a sound that you find chilling/scary? > >> I would appreciate any feedback you could give me. > >> Kind Regards, > >> Rita > > > > -- > > Arun Chandra > > COM 308A > > The Evergreen State College > > Olympia, WA 98505 > > office: (360) 867-6077 > > email: arunc@xxxxxxxx > --f403045dc026380443055c6ba49b Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Hi Rita:<div><br></div><div>I am thinking from a signal ac= oustic feature perspective about "what acoustic feature in the signal = can induce fear?"</div><div>I see some link of this with a nice paper = by Arnal et al. on the "why of" perceived annoyance of human scre= ams.</div><div><br></div><div>I will presume that the some (not all) sounds= which induce=C2=A0fear will share acoustic features of scream, such as the= spectrotemporal modulation space.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>= *=C2=A0Human Screams Occupy a Privileged Niche in the Communication Soundsc= ape</div><div>Link: <a href=3D"http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract= /S0960-9822(15)00737-X">http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-= 9822(15)00737-X</a></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Neeraj</div>= </div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct= 25, 2017 at 4:00 PM, James O'Sullivan <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D= "mailto:osullij8@xxxxxxxx" target=3D"_blank">osullij8@xxxxxxxx</a>></span> w= rote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;borde= r-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">This might not be = what you're looking for, but have you heard about infrasound? Sounds wi= th frequencies less than 20Hz, so less than what is typically audible to hu= mans. However some people can still detect it, and often report feelings of= unease / fear. It has been attributed as being the potential cause of seve= ral ghost stories and haunted houses. <a href=3D"https://en.wikipedia.org/w= iki/Infrasound#Human_reactions" target=3D"_blank">Wikipedia</a> has a decen= t article on it. <br><br>James<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888= "><br><br><font color=3D"#999999">James O'Sullivan,<br>Post-doctoral Re= searcher,<br>Columbia University.</font></font></span><span class=3D""><br>= <br>> On Oct 25, 2017, at 12:34 AM, Arun Chandra <<a href=3D"mailto:a= runc@xxxxxxxx" target=3D"_blank">arunc@xxxxxxxx</a>> wrote:<br= >><br>> "The Hall of the Mountain King" by Grieg, whistled = by the murderer in "M"<br>><br>> arun chandra<br>><br>&g= t;> On 10/24/17 4:20 AM, ULStudent:<a href=3D"http://RITA.MC" target=3D"= _blank">RITA.MC</a> CARTHY wrote:<br></span><span class=3D"">>> Hi Gu= ys,<br>>> I am in my final year in the University of Limerick, so thi= s year I have had to come up with a final year project, mine is, "Is i= t possible to make synthetic sounds sound real and also, can they carry the= same affect of emotion to the listener as the real deal would?" This = is all in the horror genre. I have had to gather some horror sounds to work= with but I would also like other peoples opinion on what is considered a s= cary sound to them. By the end of my fourth year I will hopefully have an i= nstallation here at my university, where the listener sits in a dark room, = 3D sound, so speakers on high, mid and low level of the walls, and a narrat= ive sound design playing around them.<br>>> So my question is to you,= what is a sound that you find chilling/scary?<br>>> I would apprecia= te any feedback you could give me.<br>>> Kind Regards,<br>>> Ri= ta<br>><br></span><span class=3D"">> --<br>> Arun Chandra<br>> = COM 308A<br>> The Evergreen State College<br>> Olympia, WA 98505<br>&= gt; office: <a href=3D"tel:(360)%20867-6077" value=3D"+13608676077" target= =3D"_blank">(360) 867-6077</a><br>> email: <a href=3D"mailto:arunc@xxxxxxxx= reen.edu" target=3D"_blank">arunc@xxxxxxxx</a></span></div> </blockquote></div><br></div> --f403045dc026380443055c6ba49b--