Noise Intensity
NPR's Richard Harris reports that people are more attuned to sounds that get louder than they are to sounds that start loud and get softer. Research published in Nature magazine suggests this could have evolved because humans needed to be alert to approaching predators, so we're more sensitive to sounds that are getting louder.
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