The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation

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Evolution of a Vertebrate Social Decision-Making Network (2012, background): “Animals have evolved flexible strategies that allow them to respond to their social environment by integrating the salience of an external stimulus with internal physiological cues into an adaptive behavioral response (1, 2).”
Prosody in context: a review (2015, background): “Porges (2011) discusses the functions of the parasympathetic nervous system in which the mechanisms that regulate (physiological) stress have effects not only on the heart and lungs, but also on the neuro-muscular systems of the ear, larynx and pharynx.”
Mothers, Fathers, Families, and Circumstances: Factors Affecting Children's Adjustment (2012, background): “Several scholars have described the relevant mechanisms (e.g., Bates et al., 2010; Cicchetti & Cohen, 2006; Porges, 2011; Rutter, 2005) and increasing numbers of studies document the ubiquity and importance of these mediating and moderating factors (e.g., Blair et al., 2011; Brendgen et al., 2011;…”
Empathy from infancy to adolescence: An attachment perspective on the development of individual differences (2017, methodology): “Vagal tone, for example, has been used both as an index of empathy and as an index of emotion regulation (Porges, 2011).”