That is indeed a strange way of defining the "gift" and also not how I would have interpreted it. In my memory, the book was focusing on emotionally very sensitive children, which I would see as one of the characteristics of giftedness. But then the mechanism she is describing might be relevant for every child.

Originally Posted by aeh
Miller's 1979 book was a foundational book in both the SENG field
Just curious: what is the SENG field? A quick Google enquiry didn't provide any answer.