Areas of research
- Behavioural sciences
- Neuroscientific methods
- Cognitive neuroscience
- Experimental psychology
Grants and awards
SoQuiet - Misophonia Student Research Grants
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The UCL Health of the Public Small Grants
University College London, Londres, United Kingdom
The Performance Lab Seed Funding
University College London, Londres, United Kingdom
Publications from the last 5 years
Articles
BLACK, V.K., ALLEN, K.J.D., AAZH, H., JOHNSON, S.L. and ERFANIAN, M. (2026). Misophonia symptom severity is linked to impaired flexibility and heightened rumination. British Journal of Psychology, 117(1), pp. 271-300.
ERFANIAN, M., MEUNIER, L. and GAJEWSKI , J.F. (2026). The Effect of Cognitive Load and Default Nudges on Decision-Making: Experimental Evidence from a Behavioural Study. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 39(2), pp. e70081.
ERFANIAN, M., OBERMAN, T., CHAIT, M. and KANG, J. (2025). Loudness and Sound Category: Their Distinct Roles in Shaping Perceptual and Physiological Responses to Soundscapes. eneuro, 12(9).
ERFANIAN, M., CHAIT, M. and KANG, J. (2025). Pupil-linked arousal does not differ between ‘white’, ‘pink’ and ‘brown’ noises. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 218, pp. 113271.
AZIZI, M., FATHOLLAHZADEH, F., NAZERI, A., ERFANIAN, M., BAGHBAN, A.A., DIBAJNIA, P. ... AAZH, H. (2025). Hyperacusis impact questionnaire: translation and psychometric evaluation of the Persian version. International Journal of Audiology, pp. 1-4.
HOSTLER, T. and ERFANIAN, M. (2024). et al. Research Priorities for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response: An Interdisciplinary Delphi Study. Multisensory Research, 37(6-8), pp. 499-528.
AAZH, H., MOORE, B.C.J. and ERFANIAN, M. (2024). Confirmatory factor analysis of the Tinnitus Impact Questionnaire using data from patients seeking help for tinnitus alone or tinnitus combined with hyperacusis. PLOS ONE, 19(5), pp. e0302837.
Conference proceedings
MITCHELL, A., ALETTA, F., OBERMAN, T., ERFANIAN, M. and KANG, J. (2024). A conceptual framework for the practical use of predictive models and Soundscape Indices: Goals, constraints, and applications. In: INTER-NOISE and NOISECON Congress and Conference Proceedings. pp. 2108-2118.
KANG, J., ALETTA, F., OBERMAN, T., MITCHELL, A. and ERFANIAN, M. (2023). On the development of soundscape indices (SSID). In: Proceedings of the International Congress on Sound and Vibration.
Conference papers (with selection committee)
ERFANIAN, M. (2026). Cognitive Load Impairs Professional Scepticism in Decision-Making: The Mitigating Role of Default Nudges. In: Prague Conference on Behavioral Sciences. Prague.
ERFANIAN, M. (2023). Pupil dilation response as an objective index of 1/f behaviour of coloured noises. In: Basic Auditory Science (BAS). Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London.
ERFANIAN, M. (2022). Neuropathology of Misophonia. In: The 6th International Conference on Hyperacusis and Misophonia. Birkbeck College, University of London.
ERFANIAN, M. (2022). Loudness is tied to stronger skin conductance and affective responses of auditory perception. In: 62nd Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) Annual Meeting. Vancouver, British Columbia.
ERFANIAN, M. (2021). Psychological Well-being and Demographic Factors can Mediate Soundscape Pleasantness and Eventfulness: A large sample study. In: 32nd International congress of Psychology. Prague.