why are very high pitched sounds more unpleasant to human ears?

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why are very high pitched sounds more unpleasant to human ears?

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When I was studying Acoustics, we learned a bit on this for why horror movies use unpleasant high pitched sounds such as high strings. The reason we believe is an evolutionary trait of hearing our young crying and feeling stressed because of it, thereby causing distress or displeasure.

Edit: autocorrect spelling

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