Scientists Investigated a Frequency Linked to ‘Paranormal’ Encounters. The Results Were Unsettling.
A recent study has explored the connection between infrasound and feelings of unease often reported in paranormal encounters. Researchers found that frequencies below 20 hertz, which are inaudible to the human ear, can induce negative emotions in people. The study involved 36 volunteers who reported their moods while listening to music that included these low frequencies.
- ▪Infrasound refers to acoustic frequencies below 20 hertz that humans cannot hear.
- ▪Exposure to infrasound has been linked to negative feelings in both humans and animals.
- ▪The study involved 36 volunteers who self-reported their moods while listening to various musical styles.
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🌘Subscribe to 404 Media to get The Abstract, our newsletter about the most exciting and mind-boggling science news and studies of the week. If you’ve ever visited a haunted house or a paranormal hotspot, you may have experienced a weird sense of unease that you couldn’t quite explain. While it’s tempting to imagine that these feelings signal the presence of ghosts or other supernatural entities, they may actually be caused by acoustic frequencies below 20 hertz, known as infrasound, according to a study published on Monday in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience.The human ear is not tuned to pick up infrasound, yet a growing body of research has shown that exposure to these frequencies nonetheless causes negative feelings in humans and many other animals.
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