Body

a 2024 study suggests 3 explanations for the lack of observed memory differences to different sound categories in Misophonia

in there 2024 study looking into the effect of Misophonia triggers on cognitive and social judgments , Hansen found worse memory for faces paired with oral sounds compared to control sounds or silence, but this effect was not dependent on Misophonia status. Hansen suggest three possible explanations for this 1) despite self reported task difficulties when exposed to triggers, Misophonics perform just as well as controls ( less likely explanation). 2) there are different subsets of Misophonia that impact cognitive performance in different ways that wash out when averaged together. 3) task designs were not sufficient to show the Misophonia effect ( i.e. task was not powerful enough to detect the small effect size) (Hansen 2024).