The Impact of Disgusting Sounds on Pupil Diameter of Misophonic and Non-Misophonic Listeners.

ABSTRACT: Everyday sounds can elicit a range of emotional and physiological responses. For individuals with misophonia, some sounds can produce strong feelings of disgust, annoyance, and anger, often accompanied by increased perspiration and heart rate. Presently, methods of diagnosing misophonia rely on clinical interviews and self-assessment scales. Coupling these subjective measures with an objective, physiological method like pupillometry may lead to improved understanding of misophonia and inform efficacy of treatments. Previous studies show that both unpleasant and pleasant sounds increase pupil diameter (Partala and Surakka 2003; Nakakoga et al. 2020); however, these have not compared pupil responses to disgust versus other emotions. Thus, we asked whether the pupil dilation to auditorily dis

SUBMITTER: Oszczapinska U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11843529 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature