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 ...

A recent study—authored by Van Reyn et al., and published in the August 2023 issue of Social Psychological and Personality Science—examined whether highly sensitive people are affected more strongly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Highly sensitive people move through the world like emotional tuning forks—picking up on subtleties most others miss, feeling ...

Being insensitive is certainly an undesirable trait, but does that mean that the opposite, being sensitive, is a desirable one? Apparently, in our Western society, we cannot make up our minds: We ...

Do you think you process sensory information and emotions more intensely than others?A new study co-led by Dr Marie-Lise Schlaeppy, an Adjunct ...

Some people notice more, feel more, and need more time to reset. Crowded places drain them quickly. Small comments linger. Sensory details stand out instead of fading into the background. This ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders investigated why some children are extremely sensitive to noises, lights, or touch (known as sensory over-responsivity or ...

If you find yourself wiping away tears during the opening minutes of "The Impossible" or flinching at loud restaurant music, you’re not overreacting. You might be what psychologists call a highly ...

If you've ever found yourself wincing at sounds no one else seems to hear or feeling completely drained after a trip to the grocery store, you might be what experts call a "highly sensitive person." ...