Every person knows someone who chews loudly in their surroundings. If you think the sound will blow your head off, you might be a genius.
Many people cannot hear certain sounds such as smacking, chewing, smacking, ticking clocks - if you experience these problems, you probably have misophonia, a condition in which a person is so unnerved by certain sounds that they provoke anger, irritation, rage, or even violence.
20 percent people have this kind of disorder, others 80 percent however, they are not at all susceptible to such sounds, research says.
According to the study about the connection between creativity and emotional conflict, which was carried out by researchers with Northwestern University, are people who have misophonia, more creative as persons who do not disturb the sounds.
In the study, they measured the connection between the influence of external sounds and creative thinking and creative achievements in real life.
In the study, there are approx 100 participants answered about their achievements in the questionnaire, and a test of different creative thinking was also carried out - in a certain period of time, the respondents had to give as many creative ideas as possible for each of the questions. So they found out that they were real-life creative achievements associated with the influence of external sounds.
More information:
northwestern.edu
