This year's conference highlighted sensory needs and the study of the brain to handle behavioral challenges in kids.

Sensory-friendly organizing can create a space that feels calm, functional, and supportive of your needs. Whether it’s too ...

Sensory systems include the parts of the nervous system responsible for processing sensory information, including the visual system, auditory system, olfactory system, somatosensory system ...

From the earliest days of parenting, we’re told that bedtime should be calm and quiet in order to promote healthy sleep ...

The noise in a classroom, bright lighting, a rough-textured piece of clothing, or food with an unusual texture can make everyday life exhausting for someone with sensory sensitivity. Researchers at ...

Sensory systems provide information from outside the animal that, when integrated, shape behavior. Internal senses, such as hunger or fear, affect behavioral priorities. Motivation describes how ...

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 ...

When the sensory receptors in the nervous system malfunction, as they’re theorized to do in SPD, common stimuli like lights, noises, and textures may be perceived as too bright, too loud ...

Our multidisciplinary and innovative approach to neuroscience research allows us to explore how sensory inputs are detected and processed by the nervous system in health and disease. The sensory ...