Sensory processing disorder—also known as SPD or sensory integration disorder—is a term describing a collection of challenges that occur when the senses fail to respond properly to the outside ...

New research reveals how smell and hearing interact in the brain during maternal behaviors like pup retrieval in mice.

Hehlert et al. report that the gating spring that pulls open mechanosensitive NOMPC channels is not their helical ankyrin tether, but instead an elastic hinge that suspends that tether on the ...

All individuals have preferences for certain sensory stimuli and process their sensory environments in individualized ways. Traditionally, understanding sensory processing differences has been a ...

New research reveals how smell and hearing interact in the brain to drive social behavior, using mouse maternal instincts as ...

However, these behaviours do not necessarily mean that a child is simply spoiled, rude or hyperactive – they may, in fact, have issues processing sensory information, meaning their brains ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - The Grand Rapids Public Museum is introducing Sensory Sundays, an initiative designed to support visitors ...