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The more interesting part of this to me is the fact that just reading the phrase / thinking about "fingernails on chalkboard" causes a very clear physiological
by albert_e 4y ago
The more interesting part of this to me is the fact that just reading the phrase / thinking about "fingernails on chalkboard" causes a very clear physiological reaction.
We can almost feel the chalk powder getting under our fingernails and causing an irritating feeling shuddering through our body.
Why is that I wonder.
What evolutionary past may have contributed to this aversion.
I can imagine for example someone naming their music band "fingernails on chalkboard" and having dismal sales because of this very phenomenon.
I wonder if there is an OPPOSITE example to this. Reading a phrase automatically causes distinct positive response involuntarily?
- jmclnx 4y agoI can think of one sound that sounds pleasant, even when I think of it. But when first heard by people not knowing what it is, it scares them. Sadly due to climate change, I hardly ever hear that sound where I live. I use to hear it every winter when I went ice skating on lakes with friends. It has been over 20 years since I heard it. Now, the lakes where I live do not freeze enough for people to walk safely on it. It is Ice Expanding, here is a youtube link of it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFSb-7PUjOU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFSb-7PUjOU
- albert_e 4y agoWow that's interesting -- thanks for sharing. I grew up in tropical country so this is a very different perspective and an experience I never had. Yes such sound would surely scare me. PS: Though I was wondering in my post about just phrases as they are written and read, not necessarily as they are heard.