A mother's ability to recognize positive emotions on the faces of other adults predicts her sensitivity and responsiveness to her child four months later.
People who enjoy ASMR have heightened sensory sensitivity, a new study reports. Many people who react positively to ASMR also experience higher levels of bodily awareness, greater sensitivity to bodily sensations, and often are easily overstimulated by their environment.
A new study sheds light on how highly sensitive people process information. After experiencing something emotionally evocative, brain activity displayed a depth of processing while at rest. Depth of processing is a key feature of high emotional sensitivity.
47% of differences in sensitivity between individuals are a result of genetics, while 53% of the differences are a result of environmental factors.
A baby's attention to fearful faces may predict their level of altruism as toddlers, a new study reports.
A new neuroimaging study finds physical evidence that the highly sensitive brain responds powerfully to emotional images.
