UCLA researchers found that certain sounds universally evoke emotions like amusement, fear, anger, disgust, sadness, and surprise across cultures. Researchers at Lund University then identified 6 psychological mechanisms by which sound elicits emotions: brainstem reflex, evaluative conditioning, emotional contagion, visual imagery, episodic memory, and music expectancy. These mechanisms explain why some sounds elicit universal reactions while others depend on individual experiences. Losing one's hearing also means losing the emotional impacts associated with different sounds.