qualifying the idea of repetitive sounds and misophonia

While misophonia triggers are often repetitive sounds, Du et al. (2026) found no link between misophonia severity, early auditory processing (P50 paired-pulse), or self-reported gating difficulties, arguing against a bottom-up sensory gating problem. Instead, repetition may matter because it produces atypical brain activity that supports the conditioning and maintenance of aversive responses, not because of early-stage repetition suppression deficits. The authors reference a (Schröder et al., 2019) in support (Du et al., 2026).