TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Terrifying film music mimics alarming acoustic feature of human screams
JO  - Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
A1  - Trevor, Caitlyn
A1  - Arnal, Luc H.
A1  - Frühholz, Sascha
SP  - e540
EP  - e540
VL  - 147
IS  - 6
N2  - 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 "scream-like" 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0001-4966
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/10.0001459
ID  - ref1
ER  -