Does the sound of someone munching on carrots drive you up the wall? You're not alone and you may be surprised there's a word ...

I was sitting on a quiet train. The car was nearly empty. Just the low hum of the tracks and a man across the aisle ...

Previous studies investigating misophonia have shown connections between the auditory cortex and orofacial motor control areas in the brain in people with sound aversion. In a new study, scientists ...

If you feel irrationally angry or upset at certain sounds, particularly the noises that result when someone chews with their mouth open, you may have misophonia. Though the hypersensitivity to these ...

Are there certain sounds that really drive you crazy? Beyond mere frustration or annoyance, sounds that trigger uncontrollable feelings of anger and disgust? If so then you quite possibly suffer from ...

I’m a fairly calm person, but one thing that launches me into a fit of rage is the sound of my husband chewing. I can’t say whether his chewing differs in a demonstrable way from other people’s ...

Researchers for the first time have identified the parts of the brain involved in a less-commonly studied trigger of misophonia, a condition associated with an extreme aversion to certain sounds.

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For some, it's nails on a chalkboard — either the literal kind or the figurative kind. For others, it's people humming. And for scores of us, it's that one most hated sound of all: the sound of ...

A new study reveals the motor basis for misophonia, a condition that causes exceptionally negative responses to sounds such as chewing, providing an insight into new potential treatments. Sitting down ...

People who are annoyed by the sound of chewing are less likely to be vexed if they think it is made by an animal or other non-human source, rather than a person. “I think most people can relate to ...