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·July 21, 2022·3 min read

Visually Perceptive Moms Are More Sensitive Parents

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.

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·March 12, 2022·5 min read

If You Love ASMR You Might Be More Sensitive

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.

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·May 4, 2021·5 min read

The Sensitive Brain at Rest

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.

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·June 3, 2020·4 min read

Study in twins finds our sensitivity is partly in our genes

47% of differences in sensitivity between individuals are a result of genetics, while 53% of the differences are a result of environmental factors.

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·September 28, 2018·3 min read

Sensitive Babies Become Altruistic Toddlers

A baby's attention to fearful faces may predict their level of altruism as toddlers, a new study reports.

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·June 23, 2014·4 min read

Sensitive? Emotional? Empathetic? It Could be in Your Genes

A new neuroimaging study finds physical evidence that the highly sensitive brain responds powerfully to emotional images.