Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. Highly sensitive people (HSPs), or people with sensory processing sensitivity, ...

Highly sensitive people move through the world like emotional tuning forks—picking up on subtleties most others miss, feeling deeply, and reacting to things others barely register. But to the outside ...

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 ...

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

Have you ever wondered why certain people in your life seem to react more intensely to the world around them? Whether it’s a ...

Sensitivity to sound, light and touch affect neurodivergent people differently. Here are the strategies and tech products I use to help me function. John Carlsen has more than a decade of experience ...

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 ...

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." ...

In A Nutshell Alpha brain waves cycling at 8-13 times per second determine how wide your “temporal binding window,” or the ...