Latest Misophonia Research
This is where we take a look at the latest misophonia research.
Just click on any of the studies below to see a summary of the findings. You’ll also have the option to click through to the full versions of these reports.
Academic papers and research studies can be a little wordy and complicated at times so please don’t worry if you find some of the language hard going.
That’s why the intros, summaries and conclusions to these papers are often a good place to get a feel for what the author is trying to show, as the language tends to be a little more accessible.
Misophonia: Diagnostic Criteria for a New Psychiatric Disorder
Arjan Schröder, Nienke Vulink, Damiaan Denys Summary: "... We suggest that misophonia should be classified as a discrete psychiatric disorder. Diagnostic criteria could help to officially recognize the patients and the disorder, improve its identification by...
Misophonia: a disorder of emotion processing of sounds
Sukhbinder Kumar, Olana Hancock, Thomas Cope, William Sedley, Joel Winston, Timothy D Griffiths Preview: "Sounds of chewing, breathing, keyboard typing are considered by most people as 'normal' sounds and are ignored as background sounds in everyday listening....
A brief course of cognitive behavioural therapy for the treatment of misophonia: A case example
Rosemary E. Bernstein, Karyn L. Angell and Crystal M. Dehle Summary: "Liz came to realize that her rage was not a response to the auditory input itself as much as a reaction to an underlying core belief that her needs were not important to those close to her. Prior to...
Misophonia: physiological investigations and case descriptions
Miren Edelstein, David Brang, Romke Rouw and Vilayanur S. Ramachandran Preview: "To date, no research has examined the neurological origin of misophonia, and preliminary investigations suggest it is not due to any primary neurological or psychological disorder or...
Descriptive Statistics of Misophonia
Krauthamer, Judith T. (April 2014) Preview: "Anger is the foremost emotional response associated with a trigger, followed by disgust. A review of 495 responses found that 99% of respondents indicated anger or rage as one of their top three emotional reactions to...
LeDoux Lab Study – Commencing 1st March 2016
LeDoux Lab Study Summary: "The goal of this research is to explore how the processing of auditory stimuli in the brain can go awry (leading some people have aversive reactions to stimuli that most people consider innocuous)... If results are promising, we could pursue...
Affective responses to the acoustic features of sounds from a Polyvagal Perspective
Jacek Kolacza, Gregory F. Lewisa, & Stephen W. Porges a,b a) Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina b) Kinsey Institute, Indiana University Summary: "... The Polyvagal Theory proposes that subjective responses to sounds are initially (before...
Misophonia: Incidence, Phenomenology, and Clinical Correlates in an Undergraduate Student Sample
Monica S. Wu, Adam B. Lewin, Tanya K. Murphy, and Eric A. Storch Summary: "...misophonia symptoms demonstrated strong associations with measures of impairment and general sensory sensitivities, and moderate associations with obsessive-compulsive, anxiety, and...
Components of decreased sound tolerance: hyperacusis, misophonia, phonophobia
Margaret M. Jastreboff, Ph.D. and Pawel J. Jastreboff, Ph.D., Sc.D, June 2001 Summary: "Misophonia and phonophobia can be defined as abnormally strong reactions of the autonomic and limbic systems resulting from enhanced connections between the auditory and limbic...