APS

2026 APS Annual Convention

Sensory Processing Sensitivity through Multiple Lenses: From Behaviour to Predictive Processing

Friday, May 29, 2026 · Barcelona, Spain

Symposia · Friday, May 29, 2026 · 4:00 PM – 5:20 PM ET

Subject Area: Neurodiversity & Individual Minds

This symposium integrates four complementary perspectives on sensory processing sensitivity (SPS), also known as highly sensitive personality, spanning autism research, attentional performance, episodic memory, and predictive processing. Combining behavioural, cognitive, and computational approaches, it advances a unified understanding of SPS and its distinction from related constructs, supported by integrative commentary.

Chairs & Discussants

Presentations

  1. Unpacking Associations between Sensory Processing Sensitivity and AutismCorina Greven
  2. Differential Attentional Performance In Vulnerable and Resilient High-Sensitivity ProfilesMarcus Bürger
  3. Sensory Processing Sensitivity Predicts Episodic Memory RetrievalSetti Annalisa
  4. A Predictive Processing Account of Sensory Processing SensitivitySlagter Heleen