Mammals often use screams as alarm signals, but humans also scream to communicate a variety of emotions, such as screaming with happiness or pleasure. Animals typically produce a loud, piercing cry — ...

Alone in a small, padded room, Sascha Frühholz took a deep breath and unleashed an ear-splitting scream. He was there, in part, because of The Beatles. Frühholz, a cognitive neuroscientist at the ...

Archaeologists have discovered numerous ceramic or clay whistles at Aztec sites, dubbed “death whistles” because of their distinctive skull shapes. A new paper published in the journal Communications ...

More chilling than a werewolf's howl, the human scream sends shivers down the spine. And we're not talking about the one that comes from the mouths of groupies at a ...

If you think we scream to express fear or aggression, you’re not alone. It was seemingly on the mind of Edvard Munch when he painted the most famous work of art about screaming, “The Scream.” That guy ...

With the fast-approaching celebration of Halloween, fearsome frights and horror flicks are as much a staple as jawbreaker-related trips to the dentist. From the ghosts that swing from the trees to the ...

With the fast-approaching celebration of Halloween, fearsome frights and horror flicks are as much a staple as jawbreaker-related trips to the dentist. From the ghosts that swing from the trees to the ...

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The human scream signals more than fear of imminent danger or entanglement in social conflicts. Screaming can also express joy or excitement. For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that non ...