Ig Nobels 'more fun than fingernails on blackboard'

The sound sets teeth on edge, makes skin crawl and sends a shiver down the spine. Just thinking about it gives some people the heebie-jeebies according to a US magazine.

The sound sets teeth on edge, makes skin crawl and sends a shiver down the spine. Just thinking about it gives some people the heebie-jeebies according to a US magazine.

But what is it about the sound of fingernails scratching on a blackboard that elicits such a universal reaction?

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