Did You Know That Making Noise While Eating Can Make People Loose Temper?

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Just like any other strange behavioral features of human beings, Misophonia too is a very common characteristic found in many people which are basically a disastrous disorder of losing temper and getting furious at the sounds of eating, chewing or breathing.

In a recent research study at Newcastle University, a victim of Misophonia, Olana Tansley-Hancock herself was a part of the process where researchers tried to find out the reactions of the brain in response to different kinds of sounds and also studied the brain signals as well. In this study, people suffering from Misophonia were exposed to mainly three kinds of sounds, namely, neutral sounds of rain, screaming sounds of babies' cries, etc., and finally eating or chewing sounds, reported BBC News.

According to CTV News, the results proved that the third category of sounds triggered extensive reactions in the frontal lobe of the brain known as the anterior insular that controls the emotions of human beings to a large extent. In fact, as Sukhbinder Kumar, a research fellow at Newcastle University pointed out, adverse reactions mounted up in cases of annoying sounds like eating, chewing or breathing heavily and the Misophonics simply could not bear the sounds and pulled out the earphones to get relief from the same. The results got published in the Friday's edition of Current Biology and videos were uploaded to YouTube as well.

However, till date, this was not a part of clinical science, and therefore, no correct diagnosis was possible. After these scientific results received from the brain MRI scans of these people, scientists are hopeful of recognizing the 'brain signature' or rather the excessive 'overdrive reaction in the microphonics' and consequently, treating the same with the help of self-regulation. Olana who is a Misophonic herself, however, said that she usually battles the irritating sounds with the help of meditation, yoga, reduction of caffeine and alcohol intake and of course, use of earplugs.