Somewhere along the long, winding road of evolution, a bunch of genes got together in a conference room and decided it would probably be most optimal for human survival if we were forced to take in ...

Sound is not just something we hear—it’s vibration, and vibration interacts directly with the human body at a cellular level.

Neuroscientists have analyzed how people react when they listen to a range of different sounds, the aim being to establish the extent to which repetitive sound frequencies are considered unpleasant.

Certain everyday sounds trigger intense emotional and physical reactions in some individuals due to abnormal brain connections between auditory and emotional regions. This condition, misophonia, ...

Jazz and hip hop get Katro Storm’s brushes moving. Another artist requires the repetitive sound of crashing ocean waves to work. A third, from the Bronx, needs to hear sirens, jackhammers, and the ...

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