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Sensory Processing Sensitivity: A Review in the Light of the Evolution of Biological Responsivity.
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PMID:  22291044     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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This article reviews the literature on sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) in light of growing evidence from evolutionary biology that many personality differences in nonhuman species involve being more or less responsive, reactive, flexible, or sensitive to the environment. After briefly defining SPS, it first discusses how biologists studying animal personality have conceptualized this general environmental sensitivity. Second, it reviews relevant previous human personality/temperament work, focusing on crossover interactions (where a trait generates positive or negative outcomes depending on the environment), and traits relevant to specific hypothesized aspects of SPS: inhibition of behavior, sensitivity to stimuli, depth of processing, and emotional/physiological reactivity. Third, it reviews support for the overall SPS model, focusing on development of the Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) Scale as a measure of SPS then on neuroimaging and genetic studies using the scale, all of which bears on the extent to which SPS in humans corresponds to biological responsivity.
Authors:
Elaine N Aron; Arthur Aron; Jadzia Jagiellowicz
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-1-30
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Title:  Personality and social psychology review : an official journal of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1532-7957     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2012 Jan 
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Created Date:  2012-1-31     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  9703164     Medline TA:  Pers Soc Psychol Rev     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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