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Ubik
from United States on 2002-03-06 01:35 [#00113394]
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why loud music is such a rush?
copied form somewhere. i give no credit where credit is due....
"Manchester University researchers have discovered that humans may have inherited their love of loud music from fish.
They believe that the average bathroom singer or sporting event bawler is encouraged by the sacculus, part of the balance regulating vestibular system in the inner ear.
A report in New Scientist magazine says the sacculus is not thought to have any hearing function. Even more curiously, the saccular frequency sensitivity appears to mimic that of fish - the only creature known to use it for hearing. This suggests that the mechanism has been inherited by man from piscine ancestors.
When music is played loudly it seems to trigger, through the sacculus, the same part of the brain that produces powerful sensations associated with activities such as sex, hunger and bungee jumping.
After tests on about a dozen students, the scientists concluded that the human sacculus seems to respond to music at about 90 decibels upwards.
Loud rock and rap music somehow adjusts the balance in the ears. Singing loudly in the bath has the same effect because inside the larynx a Motorhead-level of 130 decibels can be produced or, as the psychologist Neil Todd, who led the study, put it in technical terms: "It's bloody loud in there."
In the tests, the saccular sensitivity of students was found to range from 50 hertz to 1000 hertz, peaking at between 300 and 350 hertz. On a musical scale, middle C has a frequency of 261 hertz.
"The distribution of frequencies that are typical in rock concerts and at dance clubs almost seem designed to stimulate the sacculus," Mr. Todd said. "They are absolutely smack bang in this range of sensitivity."
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AMinal
from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-03-06 03:06 [#00113426]
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interesting...
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wayout
from the street of crocodiles on 2002-03-06 03:59 [#00113459]
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thats cool...ive always wondered why music always affects you differently when its really loud...
i wonder if this is the same reason really loud, deep bass makes people nauseous...
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diemax
from somewhere in tennessee :( (United States) on 2002-03-06 04:08 [#00113465]
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well that certainly explains everything...
except: the mystery of who put that mud in the freezer.
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pachi
from yo momma (United States) on 2002-03-06 04:24 [#00113479]
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sonic welding is very loud, as in its degree of amplitude, and it employs UHFs (Ultra High Frequency)
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xlr
from Boston (United States) on 2002-03-06 04:58 [#00113515]
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wayout: i read something somewhere that the government was developing a crowd-control weapon that used very low frequency sound to make people nauseous. Police were supposed to use it during riots. Turns out it's so bad that it makes your intestines cramp and your bowels let loose too.
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Ophecks
from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-03-06 05:01 [#00113516]
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XLR... that sounds awful! But effective. Much like Buckley's mixture. Oh god, what a horrible weapon... leaves the streets covered in vomit and... other... stuff...
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wayout
from the street of crocodiles on 2002-03-06 05:13 [#00113520]
Points: 2849 Status: Lurker | Followup to xlr: #00113515
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wow..that sounds pretty rough...how did they test this out to come to this conclusion?
i remember reading about this club that plays music brutally loud...and the people who last the longest get like prizes or something...
squarepusher says he likes when people start barfing at his shows..
thats also where the plastikman single 'sickness' gets its name...it made people sick
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xlr
from Boston (United States) on 2002-03-06 06:05 [#00113533]
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I guess it's been tested in the U.S. military. Supposedely it has applications in the battlefield as well.
taken from a site on EMP & Low frequency weaponry: "The effects that can be produced through the use of ultra-low frequency weapons include:
a sense of panic in non-panic situations, temporary paralysis, nausea, diarrhea, vertigo, palpitations, disorientation, severe headaches, loss of memory, loss of concentration, retinal bleeding, faulty speech, loss of co-ordination, irritability, and even sleep disturbances."
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diemax
from somewhere in tennessee :( (United States) on 2002-03-06 06:28 [#00113536]
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so essentially they found the "brown" noise,
right?
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pachi
from yo momma (United States) on 2002-03-06 06:46 [#00113543]
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that kind of armoury could probably operate underwater, too.
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LeCoeur
from the outer edge of the universe (United States) on 2002-03-06 06:49 [#00113545]
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hummm so it sounds like it's an endorphine RUSH so thats why we like it louder.....*sticks ear right up to speaker in da mosh pit in da front* wooo hooooo
TURN IT UP!!! =0)
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