Misophonia is a sound sensitivity disorder where everyday noises like chewing or tapping trigger intense emotional reactions.

Here at Boing Boing, we've discussed misophonia - also known as "sound rage" or, as this article in the journal PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science) describes it, "a disorder characterized by a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Person eating a mandarin Most of us can relate to feeling uncomfortable when someone scrapes their nails down a chalkboard. For ...

Does the sound of someone slurping up cereal or chomping on popcorn send you into a rage or make you want to hide under your bed? Then you may have a condition called misophonia – which literally ...

Imagine sitting in a classroom, and suddenly, someone walks up to the chalkboard and drags their nails across it. Can you feel the surge of irritation in your body? Perhaps your face twisting into a ...

Back in 1949, someone designated May as Mental Health Awareness Month. As such, I’m going to spend the next four weeks discussing different issues that fall into this category. First up, misophonia — ...

It’s not uncommon to find certain sounds annoying, but for some people, a noise can elicit a dramatic and angry response due to a disorder known as misophonia. The reaction can not only impact those ...

Hearing involves more than just the ears—it's intimately connected to how we think and feel. A recent study has shed light on the possible links between hearing, emotion, and cognition by ...

Shortly after her parents’ divorce at 13 years old, any time Lindsey Baatz would hear a person chewing gum or a speaker playing music with heavy bass, she bubbled with rage, disgust and panic. Sixteen ...

Avoidance in misophonia isn't always maladaptive; its value depends on personal boundaries, distress levels, and the presence ...

Scitable is launching more than ten new blogs covering a wide range of topics including neuroscience, geology, oceanography, physics and more, next week. Until then, some of the new Scitable bloggers ...