
The Highly Sensitive Brain
Research, Assessment, and Treatment of Sensory Processing Sensitivity
Description
Key Features
- Presents a neurobiological perspective of sensory processing sensitivity (SPS)
- Provides assessment criteria and measurement tools for highly sensitive children and adults
- Discusses the health and social outcomes of being highly sensitive in children and adults
- Examines clinical issues related to high sensitivity
- Offers practical applications and a future vision for integrating high sensitivity in our society
Readership
Table of Contents
- 1. The basics of sensory processing sensitivity
2. Assessment of sensory processing sensitivity across the lifespan
3. Sensory processing sensitivity—For better or for worse? Theory, evidence, and societal implications
4. Health and social outcomes in highly sensitive persons
5. Etiology of sensory processing sensitivity: Neurobiology, genes, and evolution
6. Clinical assessment of sensory processing sensitivity
7. Clinical characteristics of misophonia and its relation to sensory processing sensitivity: A critical analysis
8. The future of sensory processing sensitivity on planet
Earth and beyond
Product details
- No. of pages: 222
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2020
- Published: May 16, 2020
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128182512
- eBook ISBN: 9780128182529
About the Editor
Bianca Acevedo
Affiliations and Expertise
Ratings and Reviews
Latest reviews
(Total rating for all reviews)
Antonio C. Thu Jun 18 2020
Great research on how the brain of a highly sensitive person works
PhD. Bianca Acevedo reveals all the keys to the functioning of people's brains with the Sensory Processing Sensitivity trait, in a clear and concise way. A scientific approach that helps researchers in our research. Thanks this book is a development for the study of sensitivity. Antonio Chacón, Psychology Doctorate Program, University of Seville.
Antonio C. Wed Jun 17 2020
Splendid research on how the brain of a highly sensitive person works
Dr. Acevedo reveals all the keys to the functioning of people's brains with the Sensory Processing Sensitivity trait, in a clear and concise way. A scientific approach that helps researchers in our research. Thanks Dr. Acevedo. Antonio Chacón, Psychology Doctorate Program. Sevilla University.