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Kaius · 3877 days ago · link · · parent · post: Study: People Find It Hard to Sit Alone in a Room and Think for Just 6 to 15 Minutes, Some Even Chose to Shock Themselves to End This Simple Sounding Test
Yea its pretty cool. You immediately notice when they enter the room that when you hear sound it doesn't just convey the sound itself but you interpret all sorts of spatial information from it. The fact that you are in a large open room conflicts with the information your ears are presenting, your brain is interpreting the audio input and assumes you are in a small confined space. Even though you can see that it is not so you cant avoid the feeling of enclosure.