2022_Gallagher_Openness to Experience and Overexcitabilities in a Sample of Highly Gifted Middle School Students
2016_Vuyk_Krieshok_Kerr_Openness to Experience Rather Than Overexcitabilities
1986_Gallagher_A Comparison of the Concept of Overexcitabilities with Measures of Creativity and School Achievement in Sixth-Grade Students
1985_Schiever_Creative Personality Characteristics and Dimensions of Mental Functioning in Gifted Adolescents
2021_Piechowski_Wells_Reexamining Overexcitability
Piechowski and Wells present the five overexcitabilities as a framework for understanding the intense experience of gifted and creative children, with detailed descriptions, first-person examples, and practical strategies for accommodating each type. The chapter addresses the overlap between overexcitabilities and diagnosable conditions such as ADHD and autism, arguing against dichotomous thinking and in favor of […]
1979_Piechowski_Developmental Potential
Today’s concept of giftedness has been broadened to include considerably more than academic capability as measured by I.Q. tests, yet, the call for broader conceptualization has essentially resulted in further test orientation. There is a need for a model that would enable one to conceptualize giftedness in terms other than testable skills. This paper presents […]
Forms and Expressions of Overexcitability
Table from Michael’s book Mellow Out with the manifestations of OE.