One theory is that sufferers have a hypersensitive esophagus, in which nerve endings interpret even normal digestive sensations as painful, similar to fibromyalgia.

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But if the underconnectivity theory applies to the rest of the brain, too, it would be less of a mystery why some people with autism are hypersensitive to their environments, and others are able to do certain tasks, such as arithmetic, so well.

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It has a certain strength, in a brute force kind of way, but it is hypersensitive, over-reactive, and needs to be re-envisioned.

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And as a community, we should of course try not to become hypersensitive.

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He was all but forgotten when he died, in poverty, in 1840, but, still today, looking at a Friedrich can feel like a sideways tumble into a mental state that you may recognize against your will: hypersensitive, enrapt, and dire.

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As a result of damage to the rats' nerves, they became hypersensitive to heat and pressure.

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As a Canadian, I also notice the absence of the 920's hypersensitive touchscreen: spring might be on its way, but it's still chilly enough that I'd prefer to use my smartphone with my gloves on.

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