Does ASMR propensity reflect a mentally flexible mindset? Exploring the relationship between ASMR propensity, transliminality, emotional contagion, schizotypal traits, roleplaying ability, and creativity

Zielinski-Nicolson, Kayley  Lucia; Roberts, Natalie; Boag, Simon

doi:10.1016/j.concog.2023.103546

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“…ASMR and misophonia share some triggers, and people who tend to experience ASMR are more likely to experience misophonia than those who do not experience ASMR [35,36]. There is also evidence for overlap in personality traits associated with both ASMR and misophonia, such as neuroticism [37][38][39] and schizotypal traits [40,41].…”

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Misophonia reactions in the general population are correlated with strong emotional reactions to other everyday sensory–emotional experiences

Mednicoff,

Barashy,

Vollweiler

et al. 2024

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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Misophonic experiences are common in the general population, and they may shed light on everyday emotional reactions to multi-modal stimuli. We performed an online study of a non-clinical sample to understand the extent to which adults who have misophonic reactions are generally reactive to a range of audio-visual emotion-inducing stimuli. We also hypothesized that musicality might be predictive of one's emotional reactions to these stimuli because music is an activity that involves strong connections between sensory processing and meaningful emotional experiences. Participants completed self-report scales of misophonia and musicality. They also watched videos meant to induce misophonia, autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) and musical chills, and were asked to click a button whenever they had any emotional reaction to the video. They also rated the emotional valence and arousal of each video. Reactions to misophonia videos were predicted by reactions to ASMR and chills videos, which could indicate that the frequency with which individuals experience emotional responses varies similarly across both negative and positive emotional contexts. Musicality scores were not correlated with measures of misophonia. These findings could reflect a general phenotype of stronger emotional reactivity to meaningful sensory inputs. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Sensing and feeling: an integrative approach to sensory processing and emotional experience’.

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