The actual journal article contains more specifics that may help direct further research. http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(16)31530-5 ht

The actual journal article contains more specifics that may help direct further research. http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(16)31530-5 http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(16)3... You're right that the BBC article is titled inappropriately. One sentence of the scientific paper's conclusion indicates that the problem is far from "cracked": > With the available data, it is not possible to decide whether misophonia is a cause or consequence of atypical interoception, and further work is needed to delineate the relation between the two. I don't find brain activity to be boring and I'm willing to put up with researchers trying in earnest to gain any insight into misophonia; this seemingly laughable condition drastically impacts my daily experience.