Sound morality: Irritating and icky noises amplify judgments in divergent moral domains

► Disgusting and irritating sounds can impact moral judgments. ► Different emotions can have a selective impact on different moral domains. ► Sounds that evoke disgust increase wrongness judgments about moral transgressions involving purity, but not autonomy. ► Sounds the evoke anger increase wrongness judgments about moral transgressions involving autonomy, but not purity.