TY - GEN ID - cogprints5857 UR - http://cogprints.org/5857/ A1 - Jawer, Michael Y1 - 2005/09// N2 - Researchers often use the term ?sensitivity ? when theorizing that certain persons may be more readily affected by various influences than others. Through a review of the literature, it is argued that some individuals are disposed toward a range of sensitivities that, in novelty as well as intensity, distinguish them from the general population. The author cites evidence indicating that such persons exhibit greater susceptibility to a range of environmental factors including allergies, migraine headache, chronic pain, and chronic fatigue. Their immediate family members appear to be similarly affected. Additionally, these ?sensitive? individuals report a high degree of anomalous perception. While no single factor in a person?s background is likely to distinguish him/her as sensitive, eight demographic or personality factors are found to be significant. PB - Elsevier KW - neurobiology KW - sensitive KW - sensitivity KW - environmental KW - anomalous KW - perception KW - migraine KW - allergy KW - allergies KW - synesthesia KW - chronic KW - fatigue KW - fibromyalgia KW - pain KW - phantom KW - psi KW - psychic KW - apparitions KW - apparitional KW - gender KW - women KW - female KW - laterality KW - handedness KW - trauma KW - childhood KW - boundaries KW - somatic KW - somatization KW - psychosomatic KW - hypnosis KW - depression KW - alcoholism KW - electrical KW - chemical KW - immune KW - shyness KW - stress KW - genetic KW - brain KW - early KW - childhood KW - development KW - mind KW - body KW - mind-body KW - illness KW - unconscious KW - subconscious KW - hyper-sensitive KW - imagination KW - fantasy KW - fantasy-prone KW - emotion KW - empathy KW - dissociation KW - mystical KW - transliminal KW - transliminality KW - absorption KW - hallucination KW - hallucinations KW - dream KW - dreams KW - creative KW - magical KW - paranormal KW - neuroimaging KW - electromagnetic KW - personality KW - irritable KW - bowel KW - shy KW - shyness KW - fearful KW - introvert KW - introversion KW - sensory KW - overload KW - ambidextrous KW - corpus KW - callosum KW - first-born KW - in utero KW - psychoneuroimmunology TI - Environmental Sensitivity: A Neurobiological Phenomenon? SP - 104 AV - public EP - 109 ER -