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"In fact, listening to that one song -- "Weightless" -- resulted in a striking 65 percent reduction in participants' overall anxiety, and a 35 percent reduction in their usual physiological resting rates."

"Snoezelen Multi-Sensory Environments are relaxing spaces that help reduce agitation and anxiety, but they can also engage and delight the user, stimulate reactions and encourage communication."

Events and reading matter at the intersection of science and culture.

"The World According to Sound's listening series has breathed new life into stagnant stay-at-home days and given me a meditative tool for coping with ever creeping anxiety."

" Science of storytelling 5 identified specific sounds that filmmakers use to scare us in horror-thriller films. In this article, I will be revealing the science of how different sounds in horror-thriller films optimise engagement. The research findings are based on a 5-year scientific study of suspense and engagement in horror-thriller films. I will first summarise the film experiment research methods and how our brain responds to a fear stimulus through a chain of neurological processes that can be recorded and analysed. Finally, the research outcomes (highlights) describe how viewers physiologically responded to specific sounds in horror-thriller films, in terms of anxiety durability (time) and intensity (level)."

"They feature slime, crackling plastic, whispering, scratching, brushing and the thrumming of exquisitely groomed fingernails. They are, depending on whom you talk to, either the antidote to anxiety or a wellspring of annoyance. But might they also be art?"

"THLEEP; Therapising For Sleep; a series of sound and light investigations; combined as a synaesthesia to reduce anxiety and promote healthier sleep cycles. We explore the combination of neuro-acoustics and vision physiology, and present installations & performances as a supplement to daily requirements for the positive frequencies of light and sound - helping regulate our lives."

A Study Investigating the Relaxation Effects of the Music Track Weightless by Marconi Union in consultation with Lyz Cooper