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4 juli 2026
Keynote style talk from MacKenzie Trupp
PostDoc MacKenzie Trupp was honoured to deliver an invited 1-hour talk at the European Congress of Positive Psychology, where she described her research related to the well-being benefits of art engagement and beauty appreciation, including an RCT with a focus on highly sensitive individuals
19 juni 2026
Annual Sensitivity Congress in Pavia
Four members of our group travelled to Pavia to the Sensitivity Congress. They presented on the overlap of sensitivity with autism and ADHD, as well as mindfulness and beauty appreciation as interventions. We came away with new friends, ideas, and insights into the latest research in the field.
15 juni 2026
The Sensitivity Lab was represented at a Dutch Autism Registry webnair
PhD student Lessa Schippers was invited to speak about her research on strengths of children with ADHD and/or autism to celebrate Neurodiversity Pride week. She was the first speaker for this webinar, which was not connected to the NAR, a real honour. The public, consisting of parents of autistic children, autistic people and other interested listeners.
1 juni 2026
Corina chairing a session at APS 2026 in Barcelona
Our Sensitivity Lab director chaired a symposium on ‘Sensory Processing Sensitivity through Multiple lenses: from Behaviour to Predictive Processing’ at the Association for Psychological Science (APS) annual convention in Barcelona.
28 mei 2026
PhD student Lessa presented at the annual Donders Day
Lessa Schippers discussed strengths in children with ADHD, autism and AuDHD in a presentation at the 2026 Donders Day, which brings together all institutes and research themes of the Donders Institute. The Sensitivity Lab typically contributes to Theme 3: Development and Lifelong Plasticity.
4 mei 2026
Anna presents her latest research at INSAR
PhD student Anna discusses the overlap between autism spectrum conditions and environmental sensitivity at INSAR.
1 mei 2026
Prof. Greven discussed sensitivity as part of Radboud Reflects
Prof. Corina Greven's recent talk for Radboud Reflects is now available on YouTube.
In this lecture—together with Prof Judith Homberg—she explores the science of high sensitivity: what it is (and isn’t), how it relates to the brain, and how it connects to mental health and society.
🎥 You can watch the full talk here:
https://youtu.be/Bq6HT2dfoqw
23 april 2026
Part of DESTINIES—an innovative European Doctoral Network
At the Sensitivity Lab, we’re excited to be part of DESTINIES—an innovative European Doctoral Network dedicated to understanding the highly sensitive brain.
Led by Prof. Judith Homberg, this initiative brings together a fantastic European consortium and will train a new generation of scientists to help uncover the neural mechanisms of sensitivity.
This is an important step toward advancing fundamental science and improving understanding of how sensitivity develops and functions in the brain.
Looking forward to contributing to this collaboration in Nijmegen.
25 maart 2026
Publication Alert: New way to measure sensitivity
A new version of the Highly Sensitive Person Scale has just been published in Personality and Individual Differences.
In this paper, we introduce and validate the revised Highly Sensitive Person Scale (HSP-R) in a UK/US sample of 1,000 adults. The HSP-R captures six dimensions of sensory processing sensitivity, offering a more nuanced assessment.
You can access and download the article for free using the link below (available until May 14, 2026):
https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1mqLWheKe3xKx
20 januari 2026
Team writing day
Our write a paper in a day exercise is still going strong, although it has extended beyond one day. Today, we met as a team to keep pushing the project forward.
15 januari 2026
New project funded
Tessel Galesloot has received an ENW-XS grant from NWO to investigate genetic determinants of sensory processing sensitivity. She will use data from the UK Biobank, the Twins Early Development Study and the Healthy Brain Study. The project will start in December 2026 and will run for a year. Results will be shared as soon as possible!
6 januari 2026
The 2026 International Conference on Sensitivity Research is Italy, June 19
The 4th edition of the International Conference on Sensitivity Research will take place on June 19th, 2026, at the University of Pavia, Italy (near Milan) in a hybrid format.
Posters, talks and panels will be held on the latest research on sensitivity and related topics. There is also a practitioner workshop with an applied focus on Saturday, June 20th, 2026 (depending on interest).
Currently, preregistration is open to express interest in participating.
18 december 2025
New publication on overstimulation in everyday life
Proud to share the latest research article by post-doc Sofie Weyn. The article studies links between sensory processing sensitivity and overstimulation in daily life using ecological momentary assessment. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-31629-3
11 december 2025
New publication, brings the feild together and proposes a new theory
Big news: our new review, "Sensory Processing Sensitivity: theory, evidence, and directions", has just been published.
The paper provides an up-to-date overview of the current state of research and highlights key outstanding questions. We also introduce a novel predictive-processing account of high sensitivity that helps explain how different SPS characteristics emerge and relate to one another.
https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/abstract/S1364-6613(25)00282-7
2 december 2025
Should science be more like a kitchen?
To foster teamwork, we became chefs for an evening at a cooking workshop. Together, we prepared a 4-course meal, with each small team responsible for one dish.
21 november 2025
We left the office and tried to write a paper in a day
At our annual joint lab retreat, our goal this year was to write a paper in a day and prepare a science communication video as a team-building activity to make science more fun, faster, and higher-quality. We didn't finish the paper, but we discovered a new way of working and are close to submitting it for peer review.
4 november 2025
New PhD student joins the team
Yu Xu joined the lab and, over the next 4 years, will conduct his doctoral research investigating the transdiagnostic characteristics of Sensory Processing Sensitivity
2 november 2025
Publication alert
Our new paper on the relations between sensory processing sensitivity and ADHD traits has just been published, led by first author PhD student Lessa Schippers.
One of the unexpected findings is a small link (r=0.22) between sensory processing sensitivity and hyperfocus — the intense, sustained attention that can occur when someone is deeply engaged in a task. We found this even after correcting for ADHD traits.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666518225000269
4 februari 2025
Visit to the Brain Museum to see our research exhibited
We visited the Brain Museum in Nijmegen city centre, hosted by the Donders Institute, where Corina contributed to the content of a science communication exhibition.
13 november 2024
Lab retreat to produce a lab handbook
This year was the first annual joint lab retreat with the Hoogman group. We focused on writing a lab handbook, which will help us work as a team, reduce unspoken expectations, and help new members integrate into the team and the city more smoothly
17 oktober 2023
New member joins the Sensitivity Lab
MacKenzie Trupp joins the lab with a grant-funded mobility fellowship to develop novel art-based interventions for highly sensitive people.
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