HSP's make up 15-20 percent of the general population and tend to be more aware than others of subtleties, get more easily overwhelmed when things get too intense or there is too much sensory input, are easily affected by other's moods, and are deeply creative and moved by arts and music.
The control tactics' five principles include "pain compliance -- the use of stimulus pain to control resistance behavior; mental stunning techniques -- stimulation of overwhelming sensory input that is sudden, intense and unexpected" and "motor dysfunction -- a controlled striking technique which overstimulates motor nerves, resulting in a temporary impairment," the document says.
Some chemicals that produce hallucinatory experiences seem to act by reducing sensory input; for example, dramatic hallucinatory recall of intense experiences from the recent past can be brought about by injections of anesthetic drugs such as sodium amobarbital, which favours the conditions for perceptual release.
"The sensory input here is too much," Ricard told me.
With music you have a direct sensory input, the sound of the notes.
For single-cell organisms, the path from sensory input to motor response is direct and unmediated.
Students with autism would benefit particularly from the sensory input trampolining provides.
How do newborns transform sensory input into knowledge?
In addition to sensory input, the amygdala receives input from a number of cortical and subcortical brain systems.
The theory holds that, if sensory input is lacking during a crucial phase, the brain will fail to develop normally, remaining unable to process that kind of information even if sensory input is later restored.
Here, because the sensory input is more complex, the developers don't need to add such complexity to the interface.
