THE FUSE

I had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Heather Hansen about her latest work, which adds support to the notion that misophonia is a stand-alone disorder. Dr. Hansen runs the Cognition and Auditory Perception of Everyday Sounds (CAPES) Lab in the Department of Psychological Sciences at William & Mary College. For her recent study, Hansen and colleagues analyzed the brain connectivity of 162 adults as a function of misophonia severity. Their findings highlight numerous important issues about misophonia, bringing us further in our understanding of misophonia as a disorder that crosses disciplines but is simultaneously a unique disorder.