Sentences with phrase «of sensory sensitivity»

This study examined the relations between anxiety and individual characteristics of sensory sensitivity (SS) and intolerance of uncertainty (IU) in mothers of children with ASD.

As our research shows, when one partner experiences hypervigilance (an enhanced state of sensory sensitivity accompanied by an exaggerated intensity of behaviors whose purpose is to detect threats), it is because they have developed this response to an interaction with their spouse through repeated experience.

Not exact matches

«The big predictor of whether someone will like something like bitter melon or hoppy beer isn't their sensitivity to bitterness,» Marcia Pelchat, a sensory psychologist at the Monell Chemical Senses Center.

I want to welcome and thank my mother - in - law, Debbie, a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant, for all of her research and for sharing lots of great ideas on the topic of activities and ideas for dealing with sensitivities with Sensory Processing Disorder.

Trauma - Informed Expressive Arts and Play Therapy integrates neurodevelopmental knowledge and the sensory qualities of the arts in trauma including the following 1) how the mind and body respond to traumatic events; 2) recognition that symptoms are adaptive coping strategies rather than pathology; 3) emphasis on cultural sensitivity and empowerment; and 4) helping to move individuals from being not only survivors, but ultimately to becoming «thrivers» through skill building, support networks, and resilience enhancement.

In the new study, Ji's group put SHANK3 - deficient mice through a battery of sensory tests, finding that the animals had lower sensitivity than normal mice to heat and heat - related pain — akin to the soreness a person feels after a sunburn.

With this history of fin evolution in place, the researchers also tested the mechanical properties and sensory system sensitivity in the pectoral fins of four pairs of closely related Labrid species, one with low AR fins and one with independently evolved high AR fins.

Moreover, rats with reduced GRK2 levels in peripheral sensory neurons regained sensitivity to the pain - relieving effects of a drug that activates delta opioid receptors without the need for an inflammatory trigger.

While sensory processing is elevated in many of these subjects, other research shows that their reward sensitivity is lower.

Among other telltale signs, HSPs exhibit a high measure of sensory processing sensitivity (SPS), which is a personality trait that has been described as having hypersensitivity to external stimuli, high emotional reactivity, and greater depth of cognitive processing.

«The big predictor of whether someone will like something like bitter melon or hoppy beer isn't their sensitivity to bitterness,» Marcia Pelchat, a sensory psychologist at the Monell Chemical Senses Center.

Without adequate magnesium, sensory receptors on our skin can become hyper - excitable, leading to sensitivities to certain types of touch.

Physical and sensory traits such as extreme sensitivity to lighting, smells, skin irritants and sounds are also part of a gifted person's challenges in life.

With this in mind, Victoria discovered that there was another way to help dogs get over certain sound sensitivities and anxieties, by using music as part of a sensory education program.

Since her earliest works, Cameron - Weir has drawn inspiration from the figure of the aesthete in late nineteenth - century Europe as a paragon of refined sensitivity to beauty, heightened sensory engagement, transgressive sexual desire, and the pursuit of pleasure through artifice or illusion.

Nick Mansfield has created an environment where sensory inputs produce the same kinds of emotions, anxiety, heightened sensitivity, and general stress that is felt by those living with PTSD, offering the viewer a unique look into a world often unexplored and misunderstood by the general public, raising awareness of what the world behind the curtain of PTSD looks and feels like

The labels or the type of fabric can upset children with sensory sensitivities.