Norman Swan: So we need a bit of a warning on this one, don't we? Norman Swan: If you're listening to it in the car with the kids in the back… Tegan Taylor: But for real, if you are listening to this episode with kids in the back of the car, unless you're really keen for an uncomfortable conversation, maybe …
Psychiatry professor Damiaan Denys of the Amsterdam University Medical Center was awarded an Ig Nobel prize for his years-long research into Misophonia - a mental illness in which certain sounds like snoring, chewing, slurping or lip smacking can drive people to extreme tendencies. The Ig Nobel Prizes are awarded to research that first makes you laugh, and then makes you …