New research reveals that the sounds from the mysterious Aztec death whistle has an "aversive" and "scary" impact on the ...

Imagine an object so terrifying that its mere sound could make your blood run cold. Scientists say that's exactly what an ...

When archaeologists blew into these creepy kazoos, they emitted an unearthly, banshee-like shriek similar to a haunted ...

The chilling noise is described as the 'scariest sound in the world', and is somewhere between a spooky gust of whistling ...

Ranging from a threatening hiss to a blood-curdling scream, the sound of the Aztec death whistle is as creepy as the ...

Depression makes the brain more sensitive to negative experiences and less responsive to positive ones, linked to specific brain circuits in the amygdala.

Participants in an experiment rated the sounds of the skull-shaped whistles as extremely negative, defining them as ...

Manipulating important non-neuronal brain cells called astrocytes using light prevented fear memories from being retained ...

Results of research in mice may provide potential avenues for therapeutic interventions in stress-related disorders.

The field of decision-making and behavioral psychology has long been intrigued by the framing effect, which refers to how the ...

Stress is a double-edged sword when it comes to memory: stressful or otherwise emotional events are usually more memorable, but stress can also make it harder for us to retrieve memories. Now, ...

Acute stress causes mice to form generalized memories, impairing their ability to distinguish threats. Researchers linked ...