I love Food TikTok. I just wish it would give my ears a break. I spend way too much time on the app — just like most people. Cooking is my favorite hobby, which means TikTok's famously accurate ...

Back in 1949, someone designated May as Mental Health Awareness Month. As such, I’m going to spend the next four weeks discussing different issues that fall into this category. First up, misophonia — ...

Misophonia, a little-known syndrome, is characterized by strong negative emotional reactions to certain sounds or visual cues. By Melinda Wenner Moyer I’m a fairly calm person, but one thing that ...

Previous studies investigating misophonia have shown connections between the auditory cortex and orofacial motor control areas in the brain in people with sound aversion. In a new study, scientists ...

You slurp a noodle and someone looks at you sideways. Or you drink a hot broth and you hear your mother's voice saying: "don't make noise, that's not polite". In many countries, people has grown up ...

Dear Meghan: My 6-year-old daughter can’t tolerate the sound of her 4-year-old sister’s chewing. The moment she hears her sister eating, my older one immediately gets upset. But here’s the thing — she ...

Tension: Many people feel ashamed or frustrated by their strong reaction to everyday sounds like chewing—yet it may reveal deeper psychological traits. Noise: Popular culture dismisses sound ...

I'm a fairly calm person, but one thing that launches me into a fit of rage is the sound of my husband chewing. I can't say whether his chewing differs in a demonstrable way from other people's ...