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Misophonia Might Not Be about Hating Sounds After All

By Christiane Gelitz, Maddie Bender — 2021

The phenomenon triggers strong negative reactions to everyday sounds but might come from subconscious mirroring behavior. “This is the first breakthrough in misophonia research in 25 years,” says psychologist Jennifer J. Brout, who directs the International Misophonia Research Network and was not involved in the new study.

Read on www.scientificamerican.com

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A rare condition in which one experiences strong reactions to sounds.

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Misophonia

Misophonia is not a type of synesthesia, although it has sometimes been questioned whether it might be related to it as it has a few aspects in common, and it can be found erroneously classified under the definition on some websites.

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Ahhhh! Stop slurping!

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My brain processes your pen clicking as a threat to my survival. The overwhelming urge to punch someone in the mouth and/or to flee is typical.

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Misophonia Sufferers: Scientists May Have Found the Root of Your Pain

Neuroscientists say that brain scans of misophonia sufferers show that particular sounds, like eating and drinking, cause the part of their brain that processes emotions, the anterior insular cortex, to go into overdrive.

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