Seeing another person fidgeting, messing around, or snapping can get on your nerves. But some find it disgusting. Can you identify him? Perhaps you suffer from slurred speech, which is a psychological condition that was initially scientifically researched.
You may have heard of misophonia. People with this condition experience anger and disgust when they hear certain sounds, usually human-made. Think tapping with a pen, constantly blowing your nose, or slapping when you eat an apple.
Misophonia’s brother is Misconia, and it was discovered while researching the hatred of sounds. Misokenia is an extreme frustration of certain movements. Admittedly, we all get nervous sometimes when we see someone constantly fidgeting or tapping their foot. But for people with misunderstandings, this is unbearable.
1 in 3 suffer from it
Misokenia is defined as a strong negative emotional or emotional response to the sight of small, repetitive movements of another person. Psychologist Sumit Jaswal, researcher at the University of British Columbia in Canada and author of the study, speaks. “But surprisingly, the scientific research on this topic is lacking,” he explains in the academic journal Scientific Reports..
It is not a phenomenon confined to clinical groups, but a fundamental social challenge and so far insufficiently recognized.
Jaswal and his fellow researchers decided to change that and involved more than 4,000 people in their experiments. Their conclusion is surprising, to say the least. Sometimes misophonia goes hand in hand with misophonia sensitivity to sound, but certainly not always. The degree of people’s frustration with others’ restlessness and frivolity also varies greatly.
But one thing is clear: people who suffer from it are no exception. “We found that about a third of them reported fault sensitivity to the repetitive and disruptive behavior of others. It is not a phenomenon restricted to clinical groups, but a fundamental and as yet unrecognized social challenge shared by many in the general population.”
Mirror behavior: You are nervous, I am nervous
Naturally, the question arises: Why do we find it so annoying when someone else fills in? The researchers found no conclusive evidence that people with mysocia have difficulty — quite literally — taking their eyes off distracting events. So more research is needed.
We want to investigate whether ‘mirror neurons’ are involved. They are activated when we move, but also when we see others moving.
“One possibility we want to investigate is that ‘mirror neurons’ are involved,” says scientist Sumit Jaswal. “These neurons are activated when we move, but also when we see others moving. Example: If you see someone getting hurt, you might sway too. Then their pain is reflected in your brain. So if someone fidgets because they’re anxious or nervous, people with mysocia can They reflect that and become tense, too.”
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