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- Sensitivity is the strength of the capacity to detect and discriminate stimuli. It is how strong the perception of a stimulus is in an individual. A person who has higher sensitivity will perceive a stimulus more strongly at a lower level than someone who is less sensitive to the stimulus.
May 19, 2021 · Specifically, research found that sensitivity is characterised by heightened neuroticism and openness to experiences, with introversion playing a smaller role than previously assumed.
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The idea of biological sensitivity to context has its roots in evolutionary developmental biology, whereby selection pressures should favor genotypes that support a range of phenotypes in response to environmental conditions because this flexibility would be beneficial from the perspective of survival of the species.
- Danielle M. Dick
- 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-032210-104518
- 2011
- 2011
Jan 1, 2020 · This heighted responsiveness or sensitivity to the environment and others, known as sensory processing sensitivity (SPS), differential susceptibility, vantage sensitivity, environmental sensitivity, and biological sensitivity to context, is the topic of this book.
- Bianca P. Acevedo
- 2020
Learning Objectives. Define sensation and explain its connection to the concepts of absolute threshold, difference threshold, and subliminal messages. What does it mean to sense something? Sensory receptors are specialized neurons that respond to specific types of stimuli.
Sensitive and critical periods are developmental periods that are especially pertinent in shaping neural and behavioral outcomes. Sensitive periods refer to the developmental time windows during which experiences have an especially strong impact on brain organization.
In an attempt to address these crucial questions, Boyce and Ellis (2005) proposed the theory of biological sensitivity to context (BSC), which highlights the role of physiological systems, such as the stress response system, as one of the central underlying mechanisms linking early stress and later health outcomes.
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.
