Media mention: Fiorella's new study featured in top publications
For students who suffer from misophonia—or extreme sensitivity to the sound of people chewing, coughing, or eating—learning can be a challenge.
In a new study published in the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology, Logan Fiorella, an assistant professor of applied cognition and development in UGA’s College of Education, looks at how sensitivity to specific sounds can affect learning.
“Some people are especially sensitive to relatively subtle specific background sounds like chewing, and this sensitivity can be distracting enough to impair learning,” said Fiorella, who was quoted about the study in both TIME Health and the New York Post.