You don’t need to see a car speeding toward you to know you should move you can hear it. That’s your auditory approach system kicking in. It helps you sense when a sound source is getting closer by tracking things like volume and pitch. The sound of something approaching, like footsteps or a siren, triggers alertness, fear, or action. It’s our built-in warning system.
This reaction is tied to survival. Sounds that get louder over time (like a growl or engine) can signal danger, and our brains evolved to treat these sounds seriously. Even without thinking, your body might tense up or prepare to move. What’s wild is that this system can be activated by fake sounds too like in horror movies when the music swells. Your body doesn’t know it’s fake it just hears “danger.”
Neuhoff, J. G. (2001). An adaptive bias in the perception of looming auditory motion. Ecological Psychology, 13(2), 87–110.
Hi Katty, that is true when a car is speeding you do not need to see it, jut by hearing it, you can understand it is coming by super fast because of auditory speech is how you are able to understand and obviously you react in a way so you don't get hit or something.
ReplyDeleteHello Katty, I found this post very interesting. It's crazy to know that our brain can react to sounds getting louder. It makes so much sense, especially when we hear car engines or when people walk up behind us.
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