Certain everyday sounds trigger intense emotional and physical reactions in some individuals due to abnormal brain ...

Tension: Many people feel ashamed or frustrated by their strong reaction to everyday sounds like chewing—yet it may reveal deeper psychological traits. Noise: Popular culture dismisses sound ...

Sound is all around us. People talking, dishes clinking, keys tapping, phones buzzing. For most of us, it’s just background ...

For people with misophonia, the sound of chewing, tapping, or sniffing isn’t just annoying—it’s unbearable. Scientists are unraveling the mystery behind this little-known condition and how to treat it ...

The term “misophonia” literally means hatred of sounds. A recently identified disorder of the auditory central nervous system, individuals with misophonia experience extreme sensitivity to sounds that ...

Our world is loud, bright, and overwhelming in a lot of other senses. So, it's not unfounded to be affected by it. But did you know that sometimes your overwhelming feelings towards sounds, for ...

TOKYO (BLOOM) — Hearing someone in pain might actually make you hurt more—literally. A new study out of Tokyo University of Science reveals that ultrasonic “stress calls” from mice in pain can trigger ...