Misophonia: Physiological investigations and case descriptions

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUN, 2013, Pages

  Edelstein, Miren ^a   Brang, David ^a,c   Rouw, Romke ^b   Ramachandran, Vilayanur S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory processing; Autonomic response; Aversive sounds; Case reports; Misophonia; Skin conductance response; Sound sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MISOPHONIA; PANIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; RAGE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SOUND; SWEATING; TINNITUS;

EID: 84933673850     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00296     Document Type: Article

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