Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Why do many people react (shivering) when, say, nails scratch a chalkboard, or a fork scratches a plate?

It has been noted that nails across a blackboard hits exactly the same frequency range as the screeches that many species of primates use to signal ';Danger! Predator!'; We could be tapping into a very deepseated instinctive response to this range of sound, to jump up and look around for danger.


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more explanations in the link

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