The findings also provide a window into ancient Aztec culture and highlight the powerful influence of sound on shaping human perception and emotion. “The whistles have a very unique construction, and ...
Aztec culture remains uniquely fascinating in part due to its various religious practices that tend toward the macabre, including human sacrifice and temples decorated with human skulls. But one of ...
The Aztec death whistle sounds were also played to human listeners while their brains were being recorded. Brain regions belonging to the affective neural system responded strongly to the sound ...