Subject: Re: unpleasant sounds From: Robert Zatorre <robert.zatorre(at)mcgill.ca> Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 10:07:39 -0500--=====================_3044624==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Regarding neuroimaging of unpleasant sounds, you can take a look at the following: Frey S. Kostopoulos P. Petrides M. Orbitofrontal involvement in the processing of unpleasant auditory information. European Journal of Neuroscience. 12(10):3709-12, 2000 I believe they used recordings of car crashes and the like. You might also look at a paper from our own lab, which used dissonant chords accompanying a melody as a means of inducing unpleasantness (you can find it on my web site, too) Blood, A.J., Zatorre, R.J., Bermudez, P., and Evans, A.C. (1999) Emotional responses to pleasant and unpleasant music correlate with activity in paralimbic brain regions. Nature Neuroscience, 2, 382-387. Regards Robert At 22:32 31/03/03 +0200, you wrote: >Dear Dr Kearnbach, > >I still remember a demonstration of combination tones >by Prof Plomp in one of the famous conferences on Music >Perception in Ossiach in the 80ties. While the stimulus >was generated about 12 meters away from me I felt that >the combination tones were generated in my ear. It gave me >the reaction of goose pimples. Ever since then I have been >wondering whether these unpleasant sounds like scratching >nails on a blackboard may have to do with combination tones. > >On the other hand the sound of scratching fingernails on >a blackboard may remember you of the unpleasant feeling >you get when you do it yourself on the blackboard. > >Hope this gives you some leads. > >Kind regards, > >Leon van Noorden > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > Van: AUDITORY Research in Auditory Perception > > [mailto:AUDITORY(at)LISTS.MCGILL.CA]namens Christian Kaernbach > > Verzonden: 31 mrt 03 11:02 > > Aan: AUDITORY(at)LISTS.MCGILL.CA > > Onderwerp: unpleasant sounds > > > > > > Dear List, > > > > I am interested in psychophysiological responses to unpleasant sounds. > > In 2001 we had a discussion on this list on finger nails scraping on a > > blackboard. (Were there other threads of relevance to "unpleasant > > sounds"?) > > > > My present question is: Have there ever been studied the > > psychophysiological effects of these sounds, be it peripheral (from hear > > beat rate to startle reflex) or central (fMRI or the like)? > > > > Would you guess that the effects elicited by such sounds are the same or > > different from other "emotion inducing techniques", such as the > > "International Affective Picture System"? > > > > From the previous thread I have compiled the following reference list: > > > > Vitz (1973). > > Preference for tones as a function > > of frequency and intensity. > > P&P, 11, 84-88 > > > > Halpern, Blake & Hillenbrand (1986). > > Psychoacoustics of a chilling sound. > > P&P, 39, 77-80. > > > > Todd (2001). > > Evidence for a behavioral significance of > > saccular acoustic sensitivity in humans > > JASA 110(1), 380-390. > > > > I would be grateful for any hint, be it directly to the question of the > > psychophysiological effects of such sounds, or to more papers trying to > > get at the physical properties of unpleasant sounds. > > > > Best regards, > > Christian > > > > -- > > PD Dr. Christian Kaernbach > > Institut fuer Allgemeine Psychologie > > Universitaet Leipzig > > -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Robert J. Zatorre, Ph.D. Montreal Neurological Institute 3801 University St. Montreal, QC Canada H3A 2B4 phone: 1-514-398-8903 fax: 1-514-398-1338 web site: www.zlab.mcgill.ca --=====================_3044624==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> <font size=3><br> Regarding neuroimaging of unpleasant sounds, you can take a look at the following:<br> <br> Frey S. Kostopoulos P. Petrides M. </font><font size=3 color="#800000">Orbitofrontal involvement in the processing of unpleasant auditory information.</font><font size=3> <i>European Journal of Neuroscience. 12(10):3709-12, 2000 <br> <br> </i>I believe they used recordings of car crashes and the like.<br> <br> You might also look at a paper from our own lab, which used dissonant chords accompanying a melody as a means of inducing unpleasantness (you can find it on my web site, too)<br> <br> Blood, A.J., Zatorre, R.J., Bermudez, P., and Evans, A.C. (1999) Emotional responses to pleasant and unpleasant music correlate with activity in paralimbic brain regions. <i>Nature Neuroscience</i>, 2, 382-387.<br> <br> Regards<br> <br> Robert<br> <br> <br> At 22:32 31/03/03 +0200, you wrote:<br> <blockquote type=cite cite>Dear Dr Kearnbach,<br> <br> I still remember a demonstration of combination tones<br> by Prof Plomp in one of the famous conferences on Music<br> Perception in Ossiach in the 80ties. While the stimulus<br> was generated about 12 meters away from me I felt that<br> the combination tones were generated in my ear. It gave me<br> the reaction of goose pimples. Ever since then I have been<br> wondering whether these unpleasant sounds like scratching<br> nails on a blackboard may have to do with combination tones.<br> <br> On the other hand the sound of scratching fingernails on<br> a blackboard may remember you of the unpleasant feeling<br> you get when you do it yourself on the blackboard.<br> <br> Hope this gives you some leads.<br> <br> Kind regards,<br> <br> Leon van Noorden<br> <br> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----<br> > Van: AUDITORY Research in Auditory Perception<br> > [<a href="mailto:AUDITORY(at)LISTS.MCGILL.CA%5Dnamens" eudora="autourl">mailto:AUDITORY(at)LISTS.MCGILL.CA]namens</a> Christian Kaernbach<br> > Verzonden: 31 mrt 03 11:02<br> > Aan: AUDITORY(at)LISTS.MCGILL.CA<br> > Onderwerp: unpleasant sounds<br> ><br> ><br> > Dear List,<br> ><br> > I am interested in psychophysiological responses to unpleasant sounds.<br> > In 2001 we had a discussion on this list on finger nails scraping on a<br> > blackboard. (Were there other threads of relevance to "unpleasant<br> > sounds"?)<br> ><br> > My present question is: Have there ever been studied the<br> > psychophysiological effects of these sounds, be it peripheral (from hear<br> > beat rate to startle reflex) or central (fMRI or the like)?<br> ><br> > Would you guess that the effects elicited by such sounds are the same or<br> > different from other "emotion inducing techniques", such as the<br> > "International Affective Picture System"?<br> ><br> > From the previous thread I have compiled the following reference list:<br> ><br> > Vitz (1973).<br> > Preference for tones as a function<br> > of frequency and intensity.<br> > P&P, 11, 84-88<br> ><br> > Halpern, Blake & Hillenbrand (1986).<br> > Psychoacoustics of a chilling sound.<br> > P&P, 39, 77-80.<br> ><br> > Todd (2001).<br> > Evidence for a behavioral significance of<br> > saccular acoustic sensitivity in humans<br> > JASA 110(1), 380-390.<br> ><br> > I would be grateful for any hint, be it directly to the question of the<br> > psychophysiological effects of such sounds, or to more papers trying to<br> > get at the physical properties of unpleasant sounds.<br> ><br> > Best regards,<br> > Christian<br> ><br> > --<br> > PD Dr. Christian Kaernbach<br> > Institut fuer Allgemeine Psychologie<br> > Universitaet Leipzig<br> ></font></blockquote><br> <div>-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+</div> <br> <div>Robert J. Zatorre, Ph.D.</div> <div>Montreal Neurological Institute</div> <div>3801 University St.</div> <div>Montreal, QC Canada H3A 2B4</div> <div>phone: 1-514-398-8903</div> <div>fax: 1-514-398-1338</div> <div>web site: <a href="http://www.zlab.mcgill.ca/" EUDORA=AUTOURL>www.zlab.mcgill.ca</a></div> </html> --=====================_3044624==_.ALT--