Sensory overload is often about uncertainty and how long the brain has to stay engaged—especially in autism and ADHD.

Sensory overload is when your five senses — sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste — take in more information than your brain can process. When your brain is overwhelmed by this input, it enters ...

Sensory diets are programs of sensory activities children can perform during the day to give them an appropriate amount of sensory input. Some experts think this can help improve attention and ...

The researchers behind the recent work, based in China, decided to implement something similar for an artificial skin that ...

Limited evidence suggests that sensory integration therapy may have a positive effect on individuals with autism. Sensory integration therapy, also referred to as Ayres Sensory Integration (ASI), is a ...

(l-r) David Golomb and David Kleinfeld are two of the principal investigators on a new NIH BRAIN Initiative grant. or all animals, sensory processing is a matter of survival. Sight, smell, touch, ...

Sensory processing disorders are conditions that affect how the brain processes sensory information. They can cause over or undersensitivity to sensory information, including sight, sound, and touch.

Sensory overload is the overstimulation of one or more of the body’s five senses. People will respond differently to feeling overstimulated, but symptoms often include anxiety, discomfort, and fear.

Sensory processing disorder—also known as SPD or sensory integration disorder—is a term describing a collection of challenges that occur when the senses fail to respond properly to the outside world.