A new study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research suggests that individuals with misophonia experience sensory sensitivities that extend beyond just sound. The findings suggest that this ...

“Sensory Processing Sensitivity as a Marker of Differential Susceptibility to Parenting” was published in Developmental Psychology reporting a study by Meike Slagt, Judith Semon Dubas, Marcel A. G.

In the last 20 years, research on individual differences in Environmental Sensitivity (ES) as captured by the biologically-based temperament trait of Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS) has increased ...

Jack, now 12, has sensory processing disorder (SPD). It’s a contentious diagnosis. Some doctors will argue that it doesn’t really exist, while those who recognize it estimate that sensory issues ...

Sensory processing disorder—also known as SPD or sensory integration disorder—is a term describing a collection of challenges that occur when the senses fail to respond properly to the outside world.

Highly sensitive people move through the world like emotional tuning forks—picking up on subtleties most others miss, feeling deeply, and reacting to things others barely register. But to the outside ...

A UCSF study using fMRI revealed distinct brain network activity in children with sensory over-responsivity. These children showed less activity in outward brain networks and more in inward networks, ...