@article{ref1,
title="Terrifying film music mimics alarming acoustic feature of human screams",
journal="Journal of the Acoustical Society of America",
year="2020",
author="Trevor, Caitlyn and Arnal, Luc H. and Frühholz, Sascha",
volume="147",
number="6",
pages="e540-e540",
abstract="One way music is thought to convey emotion is by mimicking acoustic features of affective human vocalizations [Juslin and Laukka (2003). Psychol. Bull. 129(5), 770-814]. Regarding fear, it has been informally noted that music for scary scenes in films frequently exhibits a &quot;scream-like&quot; character. Here, this proposition is formally tested. This paper reports acoustic analyses for four categories of audio stimuli: screams, non-screaming vocalizations, scream-like music, and non-scream-like music. Valence and arousal ratings were also collected. <br><br>RESULTS support the hypothesis that a key feature of human screams (roughness) is imitated by scream-like music and could potentially signal danger through both music and the voice.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0001-4966",
doi="10.1121/10.0001459",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/10.0001459"
}