According to a recent study, the brains of shy, introverted individuals might actually process the world differently than their more extroverted, outgoing counterparts.
The study’s finding suggest that roughly twenty percent of people are born with a personality trait called sensory perception sensitivity (SPS), and when triggered (usually in early childhood), can lead to an individual’s tendency to be inhibited, shy, or neurotic.
These wallflower types pay more attention to detail and have more activity in certain regions of their brains when trying to process visual information.
Learn more about what it means to be shy at Live Science.