Babies with an increased likelihood of autism may struggle to settle into deep, restorative sleep, according to a new study ...

Highly sensitive people (HSPs), people with sensory processing sensitivity, are characterized by heightened emotional sensitivity and increased reactivity to both external and internal stimuli.

Sensory processing sensitivity is a real trait. Some people genuinely score higher on scales measuring a heightened depth of stimulus processing, higher awareness of subtleties in the environment, and ...

Here’s why your heightened emotional sensitivity is not a weakness, no matter what our modern emotionally flattened culture tells you.

Emotional sensitivity is not a flaw but a temperamental trait reflecting deeper cognitive and sensory processing. Individuals with high sensitivity experience emotions intensely due to more thorough ...

Everyday stimulation can disrupt a sensitive child’s emotional world. Here’s how to recognize deep emotional and sensory responsiveness.

In 1997, psychologist Elaine Aron introduced the Highly Sensitive Person Scale, which has been used to measure a trait called sensory-processing sensitivity. Aron categorized people with high ...

If you were born in one of these four months, your sensitivity is your superpower.

I asked him about it once — carefully, the way you bring up something you think might embarrass someone. He looked at me like ...