For individuals with sensory sensitivity, the threshold for perceiving stimuli may be lower than usual, or their ability to adapt to repeated stimuli may be impaired. They may start avoiding ...

Supported by a $2 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health, the Auerbach Lab at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology will examine how different genes associated ...

Central sensitization in chronic back pain manifested as greater unpleasantness to both pressure and sound, with stronger and more specific amplification for auditory stimuli than mechanical ...

Have you ever been told that you are “too sensitive?” If so, you’re not alone. Sensitivity implies a certain heightened reaction to external stimuli: experiences, noise, chatter, others’ emotional ...

“I think there is something wrong with his [her] hearing,” is a comment I often hear from parents of children on the spectrum, pertaining to the atypical auditory processing they notice in their loved ...

People sometimes describe themselves as “too sensitive” in ways that suggest a flaw or deficiency. Yet modern psychology paints a very different picture. Emotional sensitivity, the tendency to feel, ...

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