Lesley Sword is the Director of Gifted & Creative Services Australia, a consultant who specialises in the psychology of the gifted and has worked with gifted people of all ages.
By Lesley Sword
Published on 02/20/2006
Overexcitability is a sensitivity of the nervous
system, an expanded awareness of and a heightened capacity to respond
to stimuli such as noise, light, smell, touch etc.
The term ‘overexcitability’ conveys the idea that this stimulation of
the nervous system is well beyond the usual or average in intensity and
duration.