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In a 2024 study, Mednicoff et al. tested whether misophonia is associated with stronger emotional reactions to ASMR and musical chills in a non-clinical sample, and whether musicality predicts these responses. Misophonia reactions were significantly correlated with ASMR (r = .53) and chills (r = .45) reactions. Self-reported misophonia severity (A-MISO-S) was positively related to misophonia reaction rate and arousal, and negatively to valence. Regression analyses showed that misophonia reactions were predicted by misophonia valence, ASMR and chills reactions, and A-MISO-S scores, while ASMR and chills were predicted by each other’s reactions and arousal. Musical sophistication, training, and emotional engagement were not predictive of any reaction type. After recoding videos by subjective valence, results persisted, with A-MISO-S strongly related to negative-valence responses. The authors concluded that misophonia, ASMR, and chills are intercorrelated, possibly reflecting a general emotional reactivity or enhanced interoceptive processing, and that real-time video tasks may have clinical utility. (Mednicoff et al., 2024)

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In a 2024 study, Mednicoff et al. tested whether misophonia is associated with stronger emotional reactions to ASMR and musical chills in a non-clinical sample, and whether musicality predicts these responses. Misophonia reactions were significantly correlated with ASMR (r = .53) and chills (r = .45) reactions. Self-reported misophonia severity (A-MISO-S) was positively related to misophonia reaction rate and arousal, and negatively to valence. Regression analyses showed that misophonia reactions were predicted by misophonia valence, ASMR and chills reactions, and A-MISO-S scores, while ASMR and chills were predicted by each other’s reactions and arousal. Musical sophistication, training, and emotional engagement were not predictive of any reaction type. The authors concluded that misophonia, ASMR, and chills are intercorrelated, possibly reflecting a general emotional reactivity or enhanced interoceptive processing

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misophonia, ASMR sensitivity, and musical chills as intercorrelated phenomena possibly reflecting general emotional reactivity or interoceptive processing

In a 2024 study, Mednicoff et al. tested whether misophonia is associated with stronger emotional reactions to ASMR and musical chills in a non-clinical sample, and whether musicality predicts these responses. having subjects self report valence in response to one of 37 different kinds of videos (Misophonia triggers, ASMR triggers, musical chills, natural, universally annoying), they found that scores on the A-MISO-S strongly related to negative-valence responses. The authors concluded that misophonia, ASMR, and chills are intercorrelated, possibly reflecting a general emotional reactivity or enhanced interoceptive processing, and that real-time video tasks may have clinical utility. (Mednicoff et al., 2024)