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An investigation testing the perceptual advantage of Sensory Processing Sensitivity and its associations with the Big Five personality traits
Jess Williams 
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Mark Blagrove
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Mark Blagrove
Journal of Research in Personality, Start page: 104539
Swansea University Authors:
Jess Williams , Mark Blagrove
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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104539
Abstract
This study investigated whether sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) is associated with a perceptual advantage, above just heightened brain, emotional and behavioural reactivity. Participants (N = 222) were tested on detection and identification of visually degraded words at three levels of difficul...
| Published in: | Journal of Research in Personality |
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| ISSN: | 0092-6566 |
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Elsevier BV
2024
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67658 |
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This study investigated whether sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) is associated with a perceptual advantage, above just heightened brain, emotional and behavioural reactivity. Participants (N = 222) were tested on detection and identification of visually degraded words at three levels of difficulty, and completed the Highly Sensitive Person Scale (HSPS) and the Big Five Inventory. The positive subscale of the HSPS predicted both the detection and identification of visually degraded stimuli, beyond the Big Five traits. This contradicts claims that SPS is solely a combination of Big Five traits. Importantly, the perceptual advantage for highly sensitives may balance the disadvantages of being easily overwhelmed by stimuli and indicates separate evolutionary advantages and strategies for high and low SPS humans and other mammals. |
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Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
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Swansea University |
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104539 |