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Rolling ocean waves and the low rumble of a distant thunder storm are known to put a person to sleep, but have you ever wondered why these sounds are so calming?
In part, it is because the brain interprets these sounds as 'non-threats,' according to an associate professor from Pennsylvania State University, and it can use them to block out other, more alarming noises.
While a shrill sound can jolt you out of a deep sleep, the pattering of raindrops in a quiet forest will exist peacefully in the background.
A 2012 study by Orfeu Buxton, an associate professor of biobehavioral health at Penn State, examined the distinctions between the sounds of abrupt threats and gradual non-threats, according to Live Science.
In a hospital setting, alarms played as low as 40 decibels, roughly the volume of a whisper, were found to awaken participants from shallow sleep 90 per cent of the time.
For people in deep sleep, this volume would wake up them half the time.
Louder, gradually approaching sounds like helicopters and traffic reached 70 decibels, but did not wake the participants as often as sounds that came out of nowhere, like a ringing phone.
This is because abrupt sounds will trigger an evolutionary response to sudden noises.
'We're mammals, but we're specifically primates,' Buxton told Live Science.
'Primates will call to alert their troop about threats,' or 'a scream might be someone in the tribe being eaten.'
The brain's 'threat activated vigilance system,' Live Science explains, wakes a person up when these noises are detected.
The calming water sounds of a sleep-track work on this idea, gradually varying in volume to prevent the noise from startling a person awake.
These slow, whooshing noises are the sounds of non-threats, which is why they work to calm people,' Buxton, told Live Science.
'It's like they're saying: 'Don't worry, don't worry, don't worry.'
'The type of noise defines if you will wake up or not, controlling for the volume, because the noise information is processed by our brain differently,' Buxton told Live Science.
These calming sounds can also block out noises that the brain would interpret as threats.
A playlist that features a summer rainstorm or a babbling brook might mask an external 'acoustic insult,' like a housemate flushing the toilet in a nearby part of the house, Buxton explained.
While the researcher says apps can be helpful to channel these sounds, Buxton also warned against reliance on mobile devices for a more restful sleep, as notifications can be disruptive.
Otherwise, unless the sound of water makes you have to go to the bathroom, the researcher says listening to a light rain just might lull you to sleep.
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