Auditory affective processing, musicality, and the development of misophonic reactions
Misophonia can be characterized both as a condition and as a negative affective experience. Misophonia is described as feeling irritation or disgust in response to hearing certain sounds, such as eating, drinking, gulping, and breathing. Although the earliest misophonic experiences are often describ...
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| author | Solena D. Mednicoff Sivan Barashy Destiny Gonzales Stephen D. Benning Joel S. Snyder Erin E. Hannon |
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| description | Misophonia can be characterized both as a condition and as a negative affective experience. Misophonia is described as feeling irritation or disgust in response to hearing certain sounds, such as eating, drinking, gulping, and breathing. Although the earliest misophonic experiences are often described as occurring during childhood, relatively little is known about the developmental pathways that lead to individual variation in these experiences. This literature review discusses evidence of misophonic reactions during childhood and explores the possibility that early heightened sensitivities to both positive and negative sounds, such as to music, might indicate a vulnerability for misophonia and misophonic reactions. We will review when misophonia may develop, how it is distinguished from other auditory conditions (e.g., hyperacusis, phonophobia, or tinnitus), and how it relates to developmental disorders (e.g., autism spectrum disorder or Williams syndrome). Finally, we explore the possibility that children with heightened musicality could be more likely to experience misophonic reactions and develop misophonia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-66b40d961ff34354a38a6344bf326b9a2022-12-22T01:48:00ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Neuroscience1662-453X2022-09-011610.3389/fnins.2022.924806924806Auditory affective processing, musicality, and the development of misophonic reactionsSolena D. MednicoffSivan BarashyDestiny GonzalesStephen D. BenningJoel S. SnyderErin E. HannonMisophonia can be characterized both as a condition and as a negative affective experience. Misophonia is described as feeling irritation or disgust in response to hearing certain sounds, such as eating, drinking, gulping, and breathing. Although the earliest misophonic experiences are often described as occurring during childhood, relatively little is known about the developmental pathways that lead to individual variation in these experiences. This literature review discusses evidence of misophonic reactions during childhood and explores the possibility that early heightened sensitivities to both positive and negative sounds, such as to music, might indicate a vulnerability for misophonia and misophonic reactions. We will review when misophonia may develop, how it is distinguished from other auditory conditions (e.g., hyperacusis, phonophobia, or tinnitus), and how it relates to developmental disorders (e.g., autism spectrum disorder or Williams syndrome). Finally, we explore the possibility that children with heightened musicality could be more likely to experience misophonic reactions and develop misophonia.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2022.924806/fulldevelopmentmisophoniamusicalitysound sensitivity (auditory sensitivity)emotionsautism spectrum disorder |
| spellingShingle | Solena D. Mednicoff Sivan Barashy Destiny Gonzales Stephen D. Benning Joel S. Snyder Erin E. Hannon Auditory affective processing, musicality, and the development of misophonic reactions Frontiers in Neuroscience development misophonia musicality sound sensitivity (auditory sensitivity) emotions autism spectrum disorder |
| title | Auditory affective processing, musicality, and the development of misophonic reactions |
| title_full | Auditory affective processing, musicality, and the development of misophonic reactions |
| title_fullStr | Auditory affective processing, musicality, and the development of misophonic reactions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Auditory affective processing, musicality, and the development of misophonic reactions |
| title_short | Auditory affective processing, musicality, and the development of misophonic reactions |
| title_sort | auditory affective processing musicality and the development of misophonic reactions |
| topic | development misophonia musicality sound sensitivity (auditory sensitivity) emotions autism spectrum disorder |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2022.924806/full |
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