It's a distraction to noticing someone near you. Vexing is the act of removing something from the environment. It was even worse. Why?
As many as one in three people are affected by the stress that comes from seeing others do something.
The phenomenon of 'hatred of movements' has not been studied by scientists, but it has been noted in the research of a related condition called'motelphonia'.
Researchers say that Misokinesia is similar, but thetriggers are more visual than sound related.
A team of researchers, led by first author and psychologist Sumeet Jaswal, define misokinesia as a strong negative emotional reaction to the sight of someone else's small and repetitive movements.
Scientific research on the topic is not done well.
To improve our understanding, Jawal and fellow researchers conducted what they said was the first in-depth scientific exploration of misokinesia, and the results show that heightened sensitivity to fidgeting is something a lot of people have to deal with.
In a series of experiments involving over 4,100 participants, the researchers measured the prevalence of misokinesia in a cohort of university students and people from the general population.
The researchers found that one-third of the people they surveyed had some degree of sensitivity to the repetitive behaviors of others.
"These results support the conclusion that misokinesia sensitivity is not a phenomenon restricted to clinical populations, but rather, is a basic and heretofore unrecognized social challenge shared by many in the general population."
Sometimes the sound-sensitivity of misophonia is related to the sound-sensitivity of Misokinesia.
Some people feel less affected by the phenomenon than others, while others feel more affected.
They are negatively impacted emotionally and experience reactions such as anger, anxiety, or frustration as well as reduced enjoyment in social situations, work, and learning environments.
The condition makes some people pursue less social activities.
After a partner told him he was a fidgeter, he began researching the topic.
"As a visual cognitive neuroscientist, I wanted to find out what is happening in the brain."
The million-dollar question is: Why do we find it so hard to keep our balance?
The researchers ran tests to see if people's visual attention could be affected by heightened visual attentional sensitivities.
The researchers found no evidence that reflexive visual attentional mechanisms contribute to the sensitivity.
The researchers have some hypothetical leads that they want to pursue in future research, even though they're only at the beginning of their exploration of the topic.
Jaswal said that one possibility is that their mirror neurons are at play.
When someone gets hurt, the pain is mirrored in your own brain and you may lose your mind.
It's possible that people who are prone to misokinesia empathize with the psychology of people who are restless. Not in a nice way.
Jaswal said that people who suffer from misokinesia may feel anxious or nervous as a result of seeing someone who is Fidgeting.
Only further research into the phenomenon will be able to say if that's what's happening here.
It's certain, one thing. It's clear from the results that this is more normal than we thought.
"To those who are suffering from this disease, you are not alone," he said. It's real and it's common.
The results are reported in scientific reports.
The first version of this article was published in 2001.
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