The Highly Sensitive Brain

Research, Assessment, and Treatment of Sensory Processing Sensitivity

Acevedo
Elsevier S&T
222 pages
ISBN-13: 9780128182512
June 2020

The Highly Sensitive Brain is the first handbook to cover the science, measurement, and clinical discussion of sensory processing sensitivity (SPS), a trait associated with enhanced responsivity, awareness, depth-of-processing and attunement to the environment and other individuals. Grounded in theoretical models of high sensitivity, this volume discusses the assessment of SPS in children and adults, as well as its health and social outcomes. This edition also synthesizes up-to-date research on the biological mechanisms associated with high sensitivity, such as its neural and genetic basis.