New research reveals that for many young children, the trauma of war can fundamentally alter how their nervous systems ...

A new study demonstrates how neurons in nematode worms respond to odors and generate movement to augment understanding of neural circuits.

Sensory overload occurs when the brain becomes overwhelmed by the volume or nature of the sensory inputs it receives. Sensory inputs can be any stimuli that enter through one of the sensory modalities ...

All individuals have preferences for certain sensory stimuli and process their sensory environments in individualized ways. Traditionally, understanding sensory processing differences has been a ...

They absorb emotional shifts in a room before anyone speaks, and they feel joy, disappointment, grief or rejection with unusual intensity. They replay conversations, notice subtle changes in tone and ...

As discussed in a previous blog, sensory issues are essentially someone finding touch, sound, light, taste, or other sense-based stimuli either too much or too little in their effect, compared to the ...

A new study looked at the potentially harmful effects of screen time — specifically, television exposure — in toddlers Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared ...