Sukhbinder Kumar

I am a neuroscientist interested in auditory perception, cognition and emotion processing

[Joel I Berger @JoelIBerger]

We believe that thinking of misophonia this way will give us a better understanding of the underlying neural mechanisms and enable development of novel treatments. Many thanks to Hirohito Kondo, Brian Moore and Giulia Poerio for organising this theme and inviting us to submit.

[Joel I Berger @JoelIBerger]

We consider misophonia within a social perception and cognition framework, one which accounts for the context in which sounds are perceived and the emotional reaction that is triggered. We highlight a need to go beyond thinking of misophonia as a disorder of auditory processing.

[Joel I Berger @JoelIBerger]

Honoured to be a part of an excellent theme issue published by @RSocPublishing. @skumar_ncl and I wrote a paper placing misophonia within a social cognition framework: https://t.co/BQHIzG0ule; there's an excellent summary of the entire series here: https://t.co/yFwPA2Mk4v

[Brian Dlouhy MD @thebraindocMD]

Great write-up and commentary @NeurologyToday: https://t.co/A7ypirHa0V on our latest publication @JCI_insight - we are one step closer to identifying epilepsy patients at high risk for #SUDEP and a preventative treatment for SUDEP @UIowaNeuro @uiowa @UIchildrens @CureEpilepsy

[Sukhbinder Kumar @skumar_ncl]

A Social Cognition Perspective on Misophonia
https://t.co/iLSGRA0qrB
In this pre-print, we outline limitations of the prevailing auditory framework and argue for a social cognition framework to understand misophonia.
Thanks to co-authors @JoelIBerger and Phillip Gander.

[Brian Dlouhy MD @thebraindocMD]

We found that in #epilepsy patients, when seizures spread to a focal subregion of the human #amygdala, apnea is evoked & can persist for minutes after the seizures ends! Patients are unaware! This may lead to sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (#SUDEP). https://t.co/ijSzhXJH7I

[Sukhbinder Kumar @skumar_ncl]

The data in this work is consistent with the 'hyper-mirroring' hypothesis of misophonia put forward in our previous fMRI work (Kumar et al, 2021).

Thanks to all the co-authors: @parisarizonaash , Ester Benzaquén, Phillip Gander and @JoelIBerger

[Sukhbinder Kumar @skumar_ncl]

Our new work on 'Mimicry in Misophonia' : https://t.co/EuW5ytRsP5

We show that:
1. Mimicry is widely prevalent in misophonia.
2. Compared to other sounds, eating sounds are more likely to trigger mimicking.
3. The act of mimicking provides relief to people with misophonia.

[Sukhbinder Kumar @skumar_ncl]

A postdoc position is available at University of Iowa to take forward our work on misophonia. Someone with experience in fMRI data analysis would best fit the job. For more details, please see:
https://t.co/CnWX7MlDiN
Feel free to get in touch if you have any further query.

[Sukhbinder Kumar @skumar_ncl]

@Imperceptions Sure. Please do send me a copy. Thank you for the free offer!

[Sukhbinder Kumar @skumar_ncl]

@Imperceptions Many Congratulations Shaylynn on the book release! I am sure lot of people will identify with your experience of misophonia in the book. Also thank you so much for your words of encouragement about our research work. These keep us going.

[Sukhbinder Kumar @skumar_ncl]

@Olanoo Thank you very much Olana. It all started with you in the team! I am glad you liked the work.

[Sukhbinder Kumar @skumar_ncl]

@NickSimpsonPod @MercedeE82 Dear Nick, Thank you for sharing your experience and providing a detailed feedback on our work. Much appreciated.

[Sukhbinder Kumar @skumar_ncl]

Simplified explanation of the findings in our recent work on misophonia https://t.co/opzitCrc41
@MercedeE82 @AuditoryGroup @BrainLad @UniofNewcastle @NeuroNCL @NCL_medresearch @MilkenInstitute

[Mercede Erfanian @MercedeE82]

Our paper is now out! The motor basis for #misophonia #jneurosci https://t.co/sJQEno80ya

[Sukhbinder Kumar @skumar_ncl]

In summary, our data shows that misophonia is not a disorder of sound processing, per se, but is a result manifestation of activity in motor (mirror) system involved in producing the sounds.

[Sukhbinder Kumar @skumar_ncl]

We are excited to share our latest work on misophonia, which is out today in the Journal of Neuroscience.
https://t.co/opzitCrc41
Please follow this thread for a brief description.

[Sukhbinder Kumar @skumar_ncl]

Interestingly, some people with misophonia can lessen their symptoms by mimicking the action generating the trigger sound, which might indicate restoring a sense of control.