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posted by mrpg on Wednesday September 08 2021, @08:20PM   Printer-friendly
from the I-is-me dept.

Do you hate seeing people fidget? New UBC research says you’re not alone:

Do you get anxious, annoyed or frustrated when you see someone fidgeting? If so, you may suffer from misokinesia–or the “hatred of movements.”

According to new UBC research, approximately one-third of the population suffer from the psychological phenomenon, which is defined by a strong negative emotional response to the sight of someone else’s small and repetitive movements.

The study, led by UBC psychology PhD student Sumeet Jaswal (she/her) and UBC psychology professor Dr. Todd Handy (he/him), is the first of its kind on the condition.

In this Q&A, Jaswal and Dr. Handy discuss the research findings as well as some good advice for people who may be silently suffering from misokinesia.

Journal Reference:
Jaswal, Sumeet M., De Bleser, Andreas K. F., Handy, Todd C.. Misokinesia is a sensitivity to seeing others fidget that is prevalent in the general population [open], Scientific Reports (DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-96430-4)


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  • (Score: 1) by anubi on Thursday September 09 2021, @02:51AM

    by anubi (2828) on Thursday September 09 2021, @02:51AM (#1176082) Journal

    If fidgeting annoys you, don't go into the ministry.

    But if you like to fidget, consider a leadership position in some corporation where it matters little if the product works or not.

    The trick in the latter is finding the organizational skills type who thinks your ability to annoy the shit out of the worker bee a lot more valuable than those trying to make the thing fly.

    I am so sick of these managerial types that attend these attache-case leadership seminars, then parrot back "how to control other people " stuff same as the crap they used to publish in the back of 1950/1960 comic books. Usually accompanied by pen and ink line art depicting a snappily dressed authority type with lightning bolts darting from his eyes. Upon listening to one of these who use similar language, it's not hard to deduce where he got his education.

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