Pen clicking, throat clearing, nail clipping – these are just some of the sounds that are like a red rag to a bull for misophonia sufferers. One psychologist says it could be because the brain misinterprets certain auditory stimuli and experiences it as toxic or dangerous.

Results from a study led by Arjan Schröder demonstrate that audiovisual stimuli trigger anger and physiological arousal in patients with misophonia, associated with activation of the auditory cortex and salience network.

Article in ENT & Audiology News, by Dr. Jennifer Brout.

NPR Morning Edition article explores misophonia.

Research study by Mercede Erfanian and Romke Rouw.

Misophonia is far more than simply disliking sounds. For many sufferers, the condition can have such a negative effect that they consider taking their own lives. Article in The Independent.

In this Psychology Today blog post, Dr. Jennifer Brout discusses three new studies led by researchers at the Misophonia and Emotion Program at Duke.

New research led by Arjan E. Schröder.

New research led by Sukhbinder Kumar.

In this Psychology Today blog post by Dr. Jennifer Brout, CMER director Dr. Zach Rosenthal comments on breakthrough study by Dr. Sukhbinder Kumar.