The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in physiological responses to an induced cognitive stressor when comparing intellectually gifted children with nongifted children. After the administration of a color-discrimination stressor, the skin temperature change for 30 intellectually gifted junior high school students was compared to that of 30 nongifted students. The temperature change of the gifted sample was significantly less than that of the nongifted group, and the recovery time of the gifted group was considerably faster. The findings indicate that gifted children may be less prone to react to cognitive stressors and recover more rapidly than nongifted children.
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