Belial
Homulus Administratus
 Nombre de messages : 1722
Age : 68
Date d'inscription : 04/07/2007
 |  Sujet: Scary Music Scarier with Eyes Closed  23/9/2009, 16:50 | |
| Un petit article que je viens de lire : - Spoiler:
You may not want to close your eyes during scary moments in horror movies.
New research suggests the brain regards creepy music as even more frightening when eyes are closed rather than open, scientists now reveal.
A lot of times people like to close their eyes while listening to music to feel more immersed in it, said researcher Talma Hendler, a neuroscientist and psychiatrist at Tel Aviv University in Israel.
Intriguingly, she noted that past studies revealed that closing one's eyes could alter one's brain waves.
To more deeply understand the effect that closed eyes had on the brain, scientists had 15 volunteers listen with their eyes open or closed to music clips with scary "Hitchcock-like, frightening themes," Hendler said, as well as comparatively emotionally neutral melody-less musical tones.
As expected, the researchers found that closing one's eyes enhanced the responses the volunteers felt toward the more emotionally charged scary music. Brain scans revealed that activity ramped up in the amygdala, a primary center for emotion in the brain. In turn, the amygdala fired up brain regions linked with vigilance to the environment and regulation of emotion.
These findings were not seen when volunteers were placed in complete darkness with their eyes open. This suggests these effects are not related to vision alone.
"It seems when you close your eyes, your brain has this reflexive response to go into a different state of mind that results in the amplification of certain information," Hendler said.
Although the amygdala is known to be more sensitive to negative emotions than positive ones, Hender expected very similar results with positive music as well.
In the future, a better understanding of how music can affect the brain could help lead to it enhancing therapies for mood disorders and other ailments. "And if you want to use music for therapy, or just want to be more immersed in it, it seems you should close your eyes," Hendler said.
The scientists detailed their findings online July 15 in the journal PLoS ONE.
Source. Ca ne va pas intéresser trop de monde vu que la "scary music" n'est pas vraiment répandue par ici (mais je vais y remédier bientôt  ), mais apparemment ça vaut aussi pour la "positive music". En tout cas j'ai déjà essayé ça avant avec quelques albums qui ont déjà cette atmosphère très glauque et sombre digne d'un bon film d'horreur. Je ne dirais pas que j'ai eu "peur", mais l'effet est plus intense. | |
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Bleach
Homo Mollis
Nombre de messages : 892
Age : 36
Date d'inscription : 05/07/2007
| | Sujet: Re: Scary Music Scarier with Eyes Closed 23/9/2009, 19:47 | |
| Excellent! C'est vrai en plus, ce sont des choses qu'on sait plus ou moins sans y avoir pense mais quand on lit une recherche sur le sujet, c'est encore plus interessant. Je viens de telecharger un film d'horreur, je vais en lire une partie les yeux fermes et apres regarder la meme scene mais avec les yeux ouverts et on verra bien  ! Sinon le site est hyper classe, direct parmi ma liste de favoris! | |
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