AI Psychological Safety Research

This research looks at how AI products may affect highly sensitive people — the slow shifts, the patterns that take time to surface, and the things you may only notice after you stop using the app. The work is independent and published at The Felt Signal.

By Diana Lupu — independent researcher.

What this is

Highly sensitive people are estimated to make up around 20% of the population. They tend to process sensory and emotional information more deeply than others. A nervous system that notices more. A research field that has not noticed back. Introbrain exists in that gap — a place where this specific question is examined closely.

Independent Research

The Felt Signal is independent research into how highly sensitive nervous systems may respond to some AI products — the patterns that show up in people but not in standard safety audits. Not advocacy. Not wellness content. Research.

20%

An estimated 20% of the population are highly sensitive people. This raises questions about how AI safety frameworks account for different kinds of human sensitivity.

Founded by

“I work at the intersection of two fields that have not yet found each other.”

An independent researcher investigating the psychological effects of AI products on highly sensitive people. Background in psychology and transpersonal therapy, with over a decade of work with highly sensitive populations. Founder of Introbrain and The Felt Signal.

The approach

The research is grounded in psychology, neuroscience, and a decade of direct work with highly sensitive people. It applies depth-of-processing frameworks to questions the AI safety field has approached primarily through cognitive and behavioural measures.

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