Polyvagal

Heart Rate Variability - Mental and Social Aspects
... The Polyvagal Theory derives from a psychophysiologic imputation of importance to HRV ... anatomic and physiological evidence for a polyvagal control of the heart ... Several publications outline the Polyvagal Theory in detail ...

Polyvagal Theory - External Links
... The Polyvagal Theory The polyvagal theory phylogenetic substrates of a social nervous system The Stephen Porges Info Site The originator of the Polyvagal theory "How your nervous system sabotages your ...

Stephen Porges - The Polyvagal Theory
... The Polyvagal Theory introduces a new perspective relating autonomic function to behavior that includes an appreciation of the autonomic nervous system as ... The polyvagal perspective explores new questions, paradigms, explanations, and conclusions regarding the role that autonomic function has in the ... Foremost, the polyvagal perspective emphasizes the importance of phylogenetic changes in the neural structures regulating the heart and how these phylogenetic shifts provide insights into the adaptive function of ...