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I find this to be fascinating:
Researchers Find Differences In How The Brains Of Some Individuals Process The World Around Them
It refers to introverts as "highly sensitive", and says they make up one fifth of the population:
Just a few excerpts; it goes on to say that the highly sensitive had more brain activity answering a question, but took longer to answer.
The whole thing sounds as if it is personally describing me. I'm pretty much as introverted as someone could possibly be. I suspect that a political debate site would have more introverts than the general population, since it would attract deep thinkers.
So anyways: are you an introvert, extrovert, or somewhere in between?
Researchers Find Differences In How The Brains Of Some Individuals Process The World Around Them
It refers to introverts as "highly sensitive", and says they make up one fifth of the population:
About twenty percent of people are born with this “highly sensitive” trait, which may also manifest itself as inhibitedness, or even neuroticism. The trait can be seen in some children who are “slow to warm up” in a situation but eventually join in, need little punishment, cry easily, ask unusual questions or have especially deep thoughts.
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Stony Brook researchers Elaine and Arthur Aron had already found that those with a highly sensitive temperament are, compared to others, more bothered by noise and crowds, more affected by caffeine, and more easily startled. That is, the trait is about sensitivity. Further, they proposed that this is all part of a “sensory processing sensitivity.” In other words, the simple sensory sensitivity to noise, pain, or caffeine is a side effect of an inborn preference to pay more attention to experiences.
Hints of this processing sensitivity were found in the observation that, compared to the majority of people, the sensitive ones among us tend to prefer to take longer to make decisions, are more conscientious, need more time to themselves in order to reflect, and are more easily bored with small talk. However, the theory that what created the difference was processing rather than mere sensitivity needed to be validated.
Just a few excerpts; it goes on to say that the highly sensitive had more brain activity answering a question, but took longer to answer.
The whole thing sounds as if it is personally describing me. I'm pretty much as introverted as someone could possibly be. I suspect that a political debate site would have more introverts than the general population, since it would attract deep thinkers.
So anyways: are you an introvert, extrovert, or somewhere in between?