Scientists have discovered a brain pathway that explains why scary sounds can trigger fear before you even understand what you’re hearing.

Preclinical studies on animals have identified brain pathways that drive quick, protective fear responses to "scary" sounds.

Researchers identify a brain pathway in humans that enables rapid, unconscious fear responses to scary sounds, similar to visual fear shortcuts.

The iconic shower scene in Psycho was originally supposed to play out without music. Instead composer Bernard Herrmann created “The Murder”: as the killing transpires, violins shriek and scream along ...

I was recently watching a scene from the 2025 film Weapons for a monograph I’m writing and noticed a familiar sound: a low, unsettling drone as a character walks down a hallway. It’s the same kind of ...

By weaponizing their aural experience, these movies create a sense of terror that persists even when the viewer looks away.

Preclinical studies on animals have identified brain pathways that drive quick, protective fear responses to "scary" sounds. New from JNeurosci ...

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