Sometimes we miss the obvious. Sometimes scientific connections stare us in the face, and we don’t see them, and therefore they are left unexplored. Mercede Erfanian, a prominent misophonia researcher at the University College of London, recently directed my attention to the importance of the relationship between misokinesia, misophonia, and new findings regarding the involvement of movement in misophonia…
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Confusion. If I were to choose a word that perfectly explains the world of Misophonia, advocacy, and the pursuit of answers (particularly on Google Search), the word I would choose is without a doubt, confusion. The waters are often muddied by misinformation. Like all things in the modern world, Misophonia has been branded – however,…
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www.MisophoniaEducation.com is the newly launched workshop and education website by Dr. Jennifer Jo Brout PsyD. These workshops will provide an overview of misophonia, the history of the disorder, as well as current research and coping tips on a variety of misophonia related topics. Misophonia Education was launched to help clinicians, teachers, parents, and misophonia sufferers…
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Misophonia and OCD are both neurologically-based disorders with emotional and behavioral components A person can have both misophonia and OCD However, not all people with OCD have misophonia, and not all people with misophonia have OCD The DSM 5 expanded the classification and criterion for OCD to “Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders” Within this category are…
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Since misophonia is a newer disorder, and one in which the consensus is still being reached, there is a lot of room for “researchers” to get things wrong. In-fact, getting things wrong is often and important part of the scientific approach. This is why replication is one of the most important things in studies—if something…
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This course is for clinicians and misophonia treatment providers. It provides an overview of misophonia, and the basics of misophonia research and coping skills with the most current and to date research available. The format is in video recordings and text. You can work at your own pace with no deadlines. If you have watched…
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An interview with Sukhbinder Kumar and Mercede Erfanian. Would you describe the major findings of your study, “The motor basis for misophonia” (Journal of Neuroscience, 2021) In our recent study, we have observed that in misophonia sufferers: The pre-motor cortex that controls the movement of the throat, lips, and the face is involuntarily and automatically over-activated…
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Misophonia is definitely not OCD. I say that, because I have both Misophonia and OCD, and yet some researchers are still conflating the two. I’m not entirely sure why researchers are so keen on misophonia being related with OCD. I’m not even sure why an OCD researcher would keep claiming this when the current science…
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The information on this page is provided by Duke CMER. The original page can be found here. Phenotyping Study of Misophonia Very little is known about the nature of Misophonia, or its causes and correlates, compared to other known clinical phenomena. This means that we truly don’t know the boundaries around what Misophonia is, and…
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by Jennifer Brout and Mercede Erfanian (University College of London) Find all misophonia studies here: https://www.pubfacts.com/search/misophonia/1 This year and last year have been exciting in terms of misophonia research. In the 2019 grants cycle, the Misophonia Research Fund approved a total of approximately $2,300,000 over two years. The grants include those related to the diagnosis of misophonia, characterization…
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