The polyvagal theory: phylogenetic substrates of a social nervous system.

By Stephen W. Porges. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 2001

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Subfields: Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Pharmacy, Social Psychology

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In Endocrine and Autonomic Systems

1. Sylvia D. Kreibig
2. Paul J. Zak
3. P. Gerbarg
4. Richard P. Brown
5. K. Neff
6. T. Field
7. Laura k. Jones
8. Eric T. Beeson

In Pharmacy

1. Sylvia D. Kreibig
2. Paul J. Zak
3. P. Gerbarg
4. Richard P. Brown
5. K. Neff
6. T. Field
7. Laura k. Jones
8. Eric T. Beeson

In Social Psychology

1. K. Neff
2. Paul Gilbert
3. Juliana G. Breines
4. Sylvia D. Kreibig
5. Paul J. Zak
6. P. Gerbarg
7. Richard P. Brown
8. O. Davidson

Citations in the corpus

• How to learn about teaching: An evolutionary framework for the study of teaching behavior in humans and other animals. (2014, background): “For instance, oxytocin and vasopressin mediate social approach and aversion (Porges 2001).”
• Does Self-Compassion Entail Reduced Self-Judgment, Isolation, and Over-Identification? A Response to Muris, Otgaar, and Petrocchi (2016) (2016, background): “systems continuously interact and co-vary (Porges 2001).”
• Autonomic nervous system activity in emotion: a review. (2010, positive): “…in mutilation-related disgust, imminent-threat fear, non-crying sadness, acute sadness, affection, contentment, visual anticipatory pleasure, and suspense—emotions that all involve an element of passivity, and may be taken to suggest vagal mediation (cf. Porges, 1995, 2001; Vingerhoets, 1985).”
• Physiological Reactivity to Infant Crying and Observed Maternal Sensitivity (2013, background): “Furthermore, the behavioral overreactivity to infant signals seen in parents at risk of abuse (Milner, 2003) may signal a chronically overactivated SNS resulting from a poorly functioning vagal brake (Porges, 2001).”
• Effects of yoga on the autonomic nervous system, gamma-aminobutyric-acid, and allostasis in epilepsy, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. (2012, methodology): “The second group of vagal efferents, myelinated Special Visceral Efferent (SVE) fibers originating in the nucleus ambiguous (NA) innervate the pharynx, larynx, lungs, heart, and other viscera [37].”
• The construct of psychophysiological reactivity: Statistical and psychometric issues (2013, background): “Common markers of sympathetic ANS activity include cardiac pre-ejection period (PEP) and skin conductance level (SCL), whereas common markers of parasympathetic ANS activity include respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), derived from polyvagal theory (Porges, 2001, 2007).”
• The forest and the trees: Examining the association of self-compassion and its positive and negative components with psychological functioning (2018, background): “Porges (2001) makes it clear, however, that the two types of autonomic nervous system responding continuously interact and co-vary: sympathetic activation suppresses parasympathetic functioning, while parasympathetic activation dampens sympathetic responses.”
• Mental fatigue: costs and benefits. (2008, background): “…situation of high energetical costs and low perceived benefits persists (i.e. the situation of low energetic efficiency is chronic/uncontrollable), this results in a down regulation of cortisol, promoting conservation of energy (Porges, 2001; McEwen and Wingfield, 2003; Tops et al., 2008).”
• Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Analysis: A Methodology for Organizational Neuroscience (2019, background): “Importantly for our purpose, this theory highlights the relation between indexes of ventral vagal system activity (i.e., arrhythmic responses, also measureable in terms of HRV) and the regulation of the emotional processes in social behavior (Porges, 2001).”
• The polyvagal perspective. (2007, background): “The neural pathways originating in several cranial nerves that regulate the striated muscles of the face and head (i.e., special visceral efferent) and the myelinated vagal fibers form the neural substrate of the social engagement system (see Porges, 1998, 2001a, 2003).”
• The Polyvagal Theory: phylogenetic contributions to social behavior. (2003, methodology): “this interaction that is emphasized in the Polyvagal Theory [36].”
• NEUROCEPTION: A Subconscious System for Detecting Threats and Safety (2004, methodology): “According to the Polyvagal Theory (see Porges, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001), mammals—especially primates— have evolved brain structures that regulate both social and defensive behaviors.”
• The Adaptive Calibration Model of stress responsivity (2010, neutral): “In mammals, a specific role in this respect may be played by myelinated vagal fibres originating in the nucleus ambiguus, which apply a parasympathetic “brake” on cardiac activity (Porges, 1995, 2001, 2007).”
• Heart rate variability and saliva cortisol assessment in shelter dog: human-animal interaction effects (2010, background): “Vagal activity interacts with stress reactivity system including the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and the immune system (Porges, 2001).”