http://thebeautifulbrain.com/2011/10/the-evolution-of-chalkboard-torture/ The Beautiful Brain explores the latest findings from the ever-growing field of neuroscience through monthly long-form essays, reviews, galleries, short-form blog posts and more, with particular attention to the dialogue between the arts and sciences. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:21:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://thebeautifulbrain.com/2011/10/the-evolution-of-chalkboard-torture/comment-page-1/#comment-4332 Jose Drost-Lopez Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:40:35 +0000 http://thebeautifulbrain.com/?p=3262#comment-4332 The included sound clip was really vital, because I read most of the article thinking that chimpanzee distress calls aren't as bad as nails on chalkboard. But that clip does seem similarly distressing. Also, it's worth asking whether nails-on-chalkboard acoustically approximates a *particularly worrying* distress call, rather than your run-of-the-mill primate screech. The included sound clip was really vital, because I read most of the article thinking that chimpanzee distress calls aren’t as bad as nails on chalkboard. But that clip does seem similarly distressing. Also, it’s worth asking whether nails-on-chalkboard acoustically approximates a *particularly worrying* distress call, rather than your run-of-the-mill primate screech.

]]> http://thebeautifulbrain.com/2011/10/the-evolution-of-chalkboard-torture/comment-page-1/#comment-3967 S McDougle Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:56:28 +0000 http://thebeautifulbrain.com/?p=3262#comment-3967 Hmm, Fred. A good point, though would the sound alone of, say, a sharp object cutting through flesh or a knee hitting the ground alarm us if we didn't know what it was? It seems that the chalkboard sound has power as a sound alone, detached from the visual and cognitive clues of bodily damage. Hmm, Fred. A good point, though would the sound alone of, say, a sharp object cutting through flesh or a knee hitting the ground alarm us if we didn’t know what it was? It seems that the chalkboard sound has power as a sound alone, detached from the visual and cognitive clues of bodily damage.

]]> http://thebeautifulbrain.com/2011/10/the-evolution-of-chalkboard-torture/comment-page-1/#comment-3938 Fred Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:48:01 +0000 http://thebeautifulbrain.com/?p=3262#comment-3938 Damn. I always thought that we didn't like it cause we were automatically visualizing damage to the fingernails. Guess I'll never get a hang of this "science" thing. Damn. I always thought that we didn’t like it cause we were automatically visualizing damage to the fingernails. Guess I’ll never get a hang of this “science” thing.

]]> http://thebeautifulbrain.com/2011/10/the-evolution-of-chalkboard-torture/comment-page-1/#comment-3936 Laura’s Psychology Blog » readings in social media and pr for 18 October 2011 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:46:00 +0000 http://thebeautifulbrain.com/?p=3262#comment-3936 [...] want to get even? chalkboard torture! [...] [...] want to get even? chalkboard torture! [...]

]]> http://thebeautifulbrain.com/2011/10/the-evolution-of-chalkboard-torture/comment-page-1/#comment-3933 Twitted by thepowderkegs Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:08:21 +0000 http://thebeautifulbrain.com/?p=3262#comment-3933 [...] This post was Twitted by thepowderkegs [...] [...] This post was Twitted by thepowderkegs [...]

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