As misophonia research grows, so have opportunities for students to ask curious questions about this fascinating condition. Undergraduate student Elizabeth Day, at Newcastle University, is working with Dr. Sukhbinder Kumar on a project looking at misophonia in the context of emotional and social aspects.
There are so many ways our social experiences might influence misophonia reactions. We might become more anxious because of how we imagine we look to others when we are reacting to sounds, we might worry about the impact of our behaviour on our relationships, or perhaps copy others behaviours in an attempt to reduce the intensity of our reaction.