Dr. R. (Romke) Rouw
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group Brain and Cognition
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 129
- Room number: 0.06
Postal address
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Postbus 15915
1001 NK Amsterdam
Contact details
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Profiel
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Synesthesia
Selection of articles
Root, N., Asano, M., Melero, H., Kim, C. Y., Sidoroff-Dorso, A. V., Vatakis, A., ... & Rouw, R. (2021). Do the colors of your letters depend on your language? Language-dependent and universal influences on grapheme-color synesthesia in seven languages. Consciousness and Cognition, 95, 103192.
Root, N. B., Rouw, R., Asano, M., Kim, C. Y., Melero, H., Yokosawa, K., & Ramachandran, V. S. (2018). Why is the synesthete's “A” red? Using a five-language dataset to disentangle the effects of shape, sound, semantics, and ordinality on inducer–concurrent relationships in grapheme-color synesthesia. Cortex, 99, 375-389.
Colizoli, O., Murre, J. M., & Rouw, R. (2012). Pseudo-synesthesia through reading books with colored letters. PloS one, 7(6), e39799.
Rouw, R., & Scholte, H. S. (2010). Neural basis of individual differences in synesthetic experiences. Journal of Neuroscience, 30(18), 6205-6213.
PA Questionnaire - other languages
For PA questionnaire in Dutch (original), see "PA Questionnaire (Dutch)" link below.
The questionnaire was translated into German by Beat Meier and Nicolas Rothen . See "PA Questionnaire (German)"
The questionnaire was translated into Polish by Urszula Mihułowicz . See "PA Questionnaire (Polish)"
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Misophonia
selection of articles
Swedo, S., Baguley, D. M., Denys, D., Dixon, L. J., Erfanian, M., Fioretti, A., ... & Raver, S. M. (2021). A consensus definition of misophonia: using a delphi process to reach expert agreement. medRxiv.
Cerliani, L., & Rouw, R. (2020). Increased orbitofrontal connectivity in misophonia. bioRxiv.
McGeoch, P. D., & Rouw, R. (2020). How everyday sounds can trigger strong emotions: ASMR, misophonia and the feeling of wellbeing. BioEssays, 42(12), 2000099.
Brout, J.J., Edelstein, M., Erfanian, M., Kumar, S., Mannino, M., Miller, L., Rouw, R., & Rosenthal, M.Z (2018). Investigating Misophonia: A Review of the Empirical Literature, Clinical Implications, and a Research Agenda. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 12,36.
Rouw, R., & Erfanian, M. (2018). A Large‐Scale Study of Misophonia. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 74(3), 453-479.
Edelstein, M., Brang, D., Rouw, R., & Ramachandran, V. S. (2013). Misophonia: physiological investigations and case descriptions. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7(296), 1-11.
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Publications
2022
Swedo, S. E., Baguley, D. M., Denys, D., Dixon, L. J., Erfanian, M., Fioretti, A., Jastreboff, P. J., Kumar, S., Rosenthal, M. Z., Rouw, R., Schiller, D., Simner, J., Storch, E. A., Taylor, S., Vander Werff, K. R., Altimus, C. M., & Raver, S. M. (2022). Consensus Definition of Misophonia: A Delphi Study. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 16, Article 841816. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.841816 [details]
2021
- Root, N. B., & Rouw, R. (2021). A Unifying Model of Grapheme-Color Associations in Synesthetes and Controls. In 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2021): Comparative Cognition Animal Minds : Vienna, Austria, 26-29 July 2021 (Vol. 3, pp. 1663-1669). (Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society; Vol. 43). Cognitive Science Society. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/79n051sq [details]
- Root, N., Asano, M., Melero, H., Kim, C-Y., Sidoroff-Dorso, A. V., Vatakis, A., Yokosawa, K., Ramachandran, V., & Rouw, R. (2021). Do the colors of your letters depend on your language? Language-dependent and universal influences on grapheme-color synesthesia in seven languages. Consciousness and Cognition, 95, Article 103192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2021.103192 [details]
2020
- McGeoch, P. D., & Rouw, R. (2020). How everyday sounds can trigger strong emotions: ASMR, misophonia and the feeling of wellbeing. BioEssays, 42(12), Article 2000099. https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.202000099 [details]
- Tilot, A. K., Vino, A., Kucera, K. S., Carmichael, D. A., van den Heuvel, L., den Hoed, J., Sidoroff-Dorso, A. V., Campbell, A., Porteous, D. J., St Pourcain, B., van Leeuwen, T. M., Ward, J., Rouw, R., Simner, J., & Fisher, S. E. (2020). Correction to ‘Investigating genetic links between grapheme–colour synaesthesia and neuropsychiatric traits’. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 375(1795), Article 20190746. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0746
2019
- Root, N. B., Dobkins, K., Ramachandran, V. S., & Rouw, R. (2019). Echoes from the past: synaesthetic colour associations reflect childhood gender stereotypes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences, 374(1787), Article 20180572. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2018.0572 [details]
- Rouw, R., & Root, N. B. (2019). Distinct colours in the ‘synaesthetic colour palette’. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences, 374(1787), Article 20190028. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0028 [details]
- Tilot, A. K., Vino, A., Kucera, K. S., Carmichael, D. A., van den Heuvel, L., den Hoed, J., Sidoroff-Dorso, A. V., Campbell, A., Porteous, D. J., St Pourcain, B., van Leeuwen, T. M., Ward, J., Rouw, R., Simner, J., & Fisher, S. E. (2019). Investigating genetic links between grapheme–colour synaesthesia and neuropsychiatric traits. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences, 374(1787), Article 20190026. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0026 [details]
2018
- Brout, J. J., Edelstein, M., Erfanian, M., Mannino, M., Miller, L. J., Rouw, R., Kumar, S., & Rosenthal, M. Z. (2018). Investigating Misophonia: A Review of the Empirical Literature, Clinical Implications, and a Research Agenda. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 12, Article 36. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2018.00036 [details]
- Root, N. B., Rouw, R., Asano, M., Kim, C-Y., Melero, H., Yokosawa, K., & Ramachandran, V. S. (2018). Why is the synesthete's “A” red? Using a five-language dataset to disentangle the effects of shape, sound, semantics, and ordinality on inducer–concurrent relationships in grapheme-color synesthesia. Cortex, 99, 375-389. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2017.12.003 [details]
- Rouw, R., & Erfanian, M. (2018). A large-scale study of misophonia. Journal of clinical psychology, 74(3), 453-479. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22500 [details]
2017
- Colizoli, O., Murre, J. M. J., Scholte, H. S., & Rouw, R. (2017). Creating colored letters: Familial markers of grapheme–color synesthesia in parietal lobe activation and structure. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 29(7), 1239-1252. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01105 [details]
2016
- Colizoli, O., Murre, J. M. J., Scholte, H. S., van Es, D. M., Knapen, T., & Rouw, R. (2016). Visual cortex activity predicts subjective experience after reading books with colored letters. Neuropsychologia, 88, 15-27. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.07.006 [details]
- Rouw, R., & Scholte, H. S. (2016). Personality and cognitive profiles of a general synesthetic trait. Neuropsychologia, 88, 35-48. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.01.006 [details]
2015
- Cohen, M. X., Weidacker, K. S., Tankink, J., Scholte, H. S., & Rouw, R. (2015). Grapheme-color synesthesia subtypes: stable individual differences reflected in posterior alpha-band oscillations. Cognitive Neuroscience, 6(2-3), 56-67. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17588928.2015.1017450 [details]
- Janssen, S. M. J., Kristo, G., Rouw, R., & Murre, J. M. J. (2015). The relation between verbal and visuospatial memory and autobiographical memory. Consciousness and Cognition, 31, 12-23. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2014.10.001 [details]
2014
- Colizoli, O., Murre, J. M. J., & Rouw, R. (2014). Defining (trained) grapheme-color synesthesia. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8, Article 368. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00368 [details]
- Colizoli, O., Murre, J. M. J., & Rouw, R. (2014). Training synesthetic letter-color associations by reading in color. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 84, e50893. Article e50893. https://doi.org/10.3791/50893 [details]
- Rouw, R., & Ridderinkhof, K. R. (2014). The most intriguing question in synesthesia research. Cognitive Neuroscience, 5(2), 128-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/17588928.2014.906400 [details]
- Rouw, R., Case, L., Gosavi, R., & Ramachandran, V. (2014). Color associations for days and letters across different languages. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, Article 369. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00369 [details]
2013
- Colizoli, O., Murre, J. M. J., & Rouw, R. (2013). A taste for words and sounds: a case of lexical-gustatory and sound-gustatory synesthesia. Frontiers in Psychology, 4, Article 775. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00775 [details]
- Edelstein, M., Brang, D., Rouw, R., & Ramachandran, V. S. (2013). Misophonia: physiological investigations and case descriptions. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7, Article 296. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00296 [details]
- Murre, J. M. J., Janssen, S. M. J., Rouw, R., & Meeter, M. (2013). The rise and fall of immediate and delayed memory for verbal and visuospatial information from late childhood to late adulthood. Acta Psychologica, 142(1), 96-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2012.10.005 [details]
- Rouw, R. (2013). Synesthesia, hyperconnectivity, and diffusion tensor imaging. In J. Simner, & E. M. Hubbard (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of synesthesia (pp. 500-518). (Oxford library of psychology). Oxford University Press. http://books.google.nl/books/about/Oxford_Handbook_of_Synesthesia.html?hl=nl&id=ESH7AAAAQBAJ [details]
- Rouw, R., van Driel, J., Knip, K., & Ridderinkhof, K. R. (2013). Executive functions in synesthesia. Consciousness and Cognition, 22(1), 184-202. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2012.11.008 [details]
2012
- Colizoli, O., Murre, J. M. J., & Rouw, R. (2012). Pseudo-synesthesia through reading books with colored letters. PLoS ONE, 7(6), Article e39799. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039799 [details]
2011
- Brang, D., Rouw, R., Ramachandran, V. S., & Coulson, S. (2011). Similarly shaped letters evoke similar colors in grapheme-color synesthesia. Neuropsychologia, 49(5), 1355-1358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.01.002 [details]
- Rouw, R. (2011). 'Special cases'; neural mechanisms and individual differences in synaesthesia. Journal of Neuropsychology, 5(2), 145-151. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-6653.2011.02017.x [details]
- Rouw, R., Scholte, H. S., & Colizoli, O. (2011). Brain areas involved in synaesthesia: a review. Journal of Neuropsychology, 5(2), 214-242. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-6653.2011.02006.x [details]
2010
- Rouw, R., & Scholte, H. S. (2010). Neural basis of individual differences in synesthetic experiences. The Journal of Neuroscience, 30(18), 6205-6213. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3444-09.2010 [details]
2014
- Colizoli, O. (Author), Murre, J. M. J. (Author), & Rouw, R. (Author). (2014). Sinestesia, se puede aprender a escuchar en colores?. Web publication or website, BBC Mundo. http://www.noticias24.com/salud/noticia/23321/bbc-mundo-sinestesia-se-puede-aprender-a-escuchar-en-colores/
- Colizoli, O. (Author), Murre, J. M. J. (Author), & Rouw, R. (Author). (2014). Why Are You a Picky Eater? Blame Genes, Brains and Breast Milk. Web publication or website, Smithsonian. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-are-you-picky-eater-blame-genes-brains-and-breast-milk-180953456/?no-ist
2013
- Colizoli, O. (Author), Murre, J. M. J. (Author), & Rouw, R. (Author). (2013). Pavlov haalt wetenschappelijk tijdschrift. Web publication or website, NPO Wetenschap. http://npowetenschap.nl/site/artikel/Pavlov-haalt-wetenschappelijk-tijdschrift/6435
2012
- Colizoli, O. (Author), Murre, J. M. J. (Author), & Rouw, R. (Author). (2012). Can you learn to be synaesthetic?. Web publication or website, Discover Magazine, Neuroskeptic Blog. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2012/07/06/can-you-learn-to-be-synaesthetic/#.Voq6nZMrIko
- Colizoli, O. (Author), Murre, J. M. J. (Author), & Rouw, R. (Author). (2012). Teach yourself to be synesthetic: hear colors, see sounds. Web publication or website, Smithsonian. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/teach-yourself-to-be-synesthetic-hear-colors-see-sounds-1735587/?no-ist
- Colizoli, O., Murre, J. M. J., & Rouw, R. (2012). Can Synesthesia Be Learned? The Wall Street Journal.
- Colizoli, O., Murre, J. M. J., & Rouw, R. (2012). Can You Teach Yourself Synesthesia? The Atlantic.
- Colizoli, O., Murre, J. M. J., & Rouw, R. (2012). Teach yourself to see the letter 'k' in purple. MSNBC's The Body Odd.
2010
- Colizoli, O. (Author), Murre, J. M. J. (Author), & Rouw, R. (Author). (2010). Synesthesie is te leren. Web publication or website, Scientias. http://www.scientias.nl/synesthesie-is-te-leren/
2017
- Korsmit, I., & Rouw, R. (2017). "If you eat that apple I might have to kill you"; A disproportionately negative response to particular sounds. Poster session presented at NVP Winterconferentie, Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychonomie, Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands.
2015
- Erfanian, M., & Rouw, R. (2015). Emotional and cognitive characteristics of Misophonia. Poster session presented at Winterconference NVP 2015, .
Prize / grant
- Rouw, R. (2019). Neurological basis of Misophonia.
- Rouw, R., Zuidema, W. & Ridderinkhof, R. (2019). Letter-color correspondences in synesthetes and non-synesthetes across languages..
- Rouw, R. (2016). Congo Teaching Award (Nomination).
- Rouw, R. (2016). "Cold Chills versus Hot Rage: extreme emotional responses to particular sounds".
- Rouw, R. (2016). Research Proposal & Motivation letter.
- Rouw, R. & Ridderinkhof, K. R. (2014). "From Sensation to Control: Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Synesthetic Experience".
- Rouw, R. & Scholte, S. (2010). "Faculty of 1000 Medicine".
Membership / relevant position
- Rouw, R. (2019-2023). The REAM Foundation is a private family foundation, which began making grants in 2007.The REAM Foundation, working with the Milken Institute Center (…), REAM Foundation, USA. http://reamfoundation.org/
- Rouw, R. (2018-2020). IASAS: International Association of Synaesthetes, Artists, and Scientists.
- Rouw, R. (2017-2020). IASAS is an international organisation advancing awareness of synaesthesia and encouraging international collaboration through support for academic, (…), IASAS: International Association of Synaesthetes, Artists, and Scientists.
- Rouw, R. (2017-2022). Science Director of IASAS: International Association of Synaesthetes, Artists, and Scientists. IASAS is an international organisation advancing (…), IASAS.
Talk / presentation
- Rouw, R. (speaker) (17-10-2019). Synesthetic vs Non-Synesthetic Color Associations, IASAS EVENT 2019.
- Rouw, R. (speaker) (23-10-2018). Bridging the Senses, Royal Society's Theo Murphy Scientific Meeting program. Kavli Royal Society International Centre, Chicheley Hall, UK.
- Rouw, R. (speaker) (7-2018). Current perspectives on Misophonia, Strategic Philanthropy Misophonia Retreat, Chicago.
- Rouw, R. (speaker) (4-4-2018). Now you see it now you don’t:, Now you see it now you don’t: , Amsterdam.
- Rouw, R. (speaker) (28-9-2017). Unusual Experiences; Meesterlijke ontmoeting, Vereniging ons Middelbaar Onderwijs. Strijp-S, Eindhoven.
- Rouw, R. (speaker) (4-7-2017). Je ziet niet wat je ziet, Persbijeenkomst Hallmark, organised by Omnicom Public Relations Group, Amsterdam.
- Rouw, R. (speaker) (29-6-2017). What's it like to be a synesthete Keynote in "Inspirational Bites"?, CMFG lead Horizontal programs HealthTech, Philips Design, Amsterdam.
- Rouw, R. (speaker) (11-12-2016). Wat zie je als je blind bent, UvA/Nemo.
- Rouw, R. (speaker) & Krugers, H. J. (speaker) (21-11-2016). Zie je wat je ziet?, Congrescentrum Corpus.
- Rouw, R. (speaker) (10-9-2016). How you get what you see, International school hilversum.
- Rouw, R. (speaker) (6-2016). A case study of skill development and changes in phemomenology of blind users of a sensory substiution device?, International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF).
- Rouw, R. (speaker) (6-2016). Individual Differences in Sensations.
- Rouw, R. (speaker) (16-4-2016). What's it like to be a Synesthete, Trinity College Dublin.
- Rouw, R. (invited speaker) (28-2-2014). Neural basis of synaesthesia; are we all synaesthetes? Synaesthesia in Perspective: development Networks, and Multisensory Processing., UKE, Hamburg, Germany.
- Rouw, R. (speaker) (15-12-2013). Je ziet niet wat je ziet, 'Wakker Worden' kinderlezing NEMO.
- Rouw, R. (speaker) (13-7-2013). Zintuigen Universiteit, Festival 5D, NDSM terrein, Amsterdam.
- Rouw, R. (speaker) (6-7-2013). Syesthesie, Festival 'De Beschaving", Botanische Tuinen, Utrecht.
Others
- Rouw, R. (participant) (17-10-2019 - 20-10-2019). IASAS EVENT 2019. Co-organized conference (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Rouw, R. (participant) (15-6-2016 - 18-6-2016). Symposium International Multisensory Research Forum 17th annual meeting, Suzhou (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Rouw, R. (organiser) (18-3-2015). KNAW Masterclass, Amsterdam. Decoding the neurobiology of synaesthesia (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Rouw, R. (organiser) (2015). 26 juni 2015, Amsterdam. Multisensoy Integration and Synaesthesia (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Rouw, R. (organiser), Colizoli, O. (organiser) & Murre, J. M. J. (organiser) (17-3-2014). The Adaptive Brain: Recent Advances in Cognitive Neuroscience, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
2019
- Root, N. B., Dobkins, K., Ramachandran, V. S. & Rouw, R. (2019). Adult data from Echoes from the past: synaesthetic colour associations reflect childhood gender stereotypes.. The Royal Society. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.9830837.v2
- Root, N. B., Dobkins, K., Ramachandran, V. S. & Rouw, R. (2019). Analysis Routine from Echoes from the past: synaesthetic colour associations reflect childhood gender stereotypes.. The Royal Society. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.9830846.v2
- Root, N. B., Dobkins, K., Ramachandran, V. S. & Rouw, R. (2019). Analysis Routine from Echoes from the past: synaesthetic colour associations reflect childhood gender stereotypes. The Royal Society. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.9942335
- Rouw, R. & Root, N. B. (2019). dat_random...anSim.RDs from Distinct colours in the ‘synesthetic colour palette’. The Royal Society. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.9830813.v1
- Root, N. B., Dobkins, K., Ramachandran, V. S. & Rouw, R. (2019). Adult data from Echoes from the past: synesthetic colour associations reflect childhood gender stereotypes. The Royal Society. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.9830837.v1
- Root, N. B., Dobkins, K., Ramachandran, V. S. & Rouw, R. (2019). Adult data from Echoes from the past: synaesthetic colour associations reflect childhood gender stereotypes. The Royal Society. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.9942326
- Root, N. B., Dobkins, K., Ramachandran, V. S. & Rouw, R. (2019). Child data from Echoes from the past: synaesthetic colour associations reflect childhood gender stereotypes. The Royal Society. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.9942332
- Root, N. B., Dobkins, K., Ramachandran, V. S. & Rouw, R. (2019). Child data from Echoes from the past: synesthetic colour associations reflect childhood gender stereotypes. The Royal Society. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.9830843.v1
- Root, N. B., Dobkins, K., Ramachandran, V. S. & Rouw, R. (2019). Analysis Routine from Echoes from the past: synesthetic colour associations reflect childhood gender stereotypes. The Royal Society. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.9830846.v1
- Rouw, R. & Root, N. (2019). palette_final.R from Distinct colours in the ‘synesthetic colour palette’. The Royal Society. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.9830816.v1
- Rouw, R. & Root, N. B. (2019). dat_palette_bwg_instr.RDs from Distinct colours in the ‘synesthetic colour palette’. The Royal Society. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.9830810.v1
- Rouw, R. & Root, N. (2019). dat_random_CIELuv.RDs from Distinct colours in the ‘synesthetic colour palette’. The Royal Society. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.9830807.v1
- Rouw, R. & Root, N. (2019). dat_palette.RDs from Distinct colours in the ‘synesthetic colour palette’. The Royal Society. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.9830819.v1
- Root, N. B., Dobkins, K., Ramachandran, V. S. & Rouw, R. (2019). Child data from Echoes from the past: synaesthetic colour associations reflect childhood gender stereotypes.. The Royal Society. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.9830843.v2
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Ancillary activities
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Science Director of IASAS
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Ream foundation (non profit)
Misophonia Advisory Group (member):
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Science Director of IASAS
Swedo, S. E., Baguley, D. M., Denys, D., Dixon, L. J., Erfanian, M., Fioretti, A., Jastreboff, P. J., Kumar, S., Rosenthal, M. Z., Rouw, R., Schiller, D., Simner, J., Storch, E. A., Taylor, S., Vander Werff, K. R., Altimus, C. M., & Raver, S. M. (2022). Consensus Definition of Misophonia: A Delphi Study. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 16, Article 841816.