Research & Papers
Polyvagal Theory
The vagal paradox: A polyvagal solution, by Stephen W. Porges, in the journal Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology,
Volume 16, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpnec.2023.100200 (August 2023).
The Traumatic Stress Research Consortium (TSRC)- June 2023 Newsletter
A Kinsey Institute newsletter that includes "Medical Trauma: the Forgotten Adverse Childhood Experience" by psychologist
and researcher Dr. Liza Morton offering insights on how therapists can better understand their clients’ medical experiences and foster their resiliency. This article first appeared in the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium June 2023 newsletter (www.traumascience.org).
Autonomic state: A neurophysiological platform for feelings, emotions, and social engagement, published in Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development (September 2022).
Polyvagal Theory: A Science of Safety by Stephen W. Porges published in Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience (May 10, 2022).
The COVID-19 Pandemic is a Paradoxical Challenge to Our Nervous System: A Polyvagal Perspective
The polyvagal theory provides insight into mitigating the threat of COVID-19 on our physical and social wellbeing.
The Polyvagal Perspective
This paper provides an explicit description of the polyvagal theory and proposes the theory as a integrative perspective for interpreting, refining, and building research on the relationship between autonomic nervous system function and biobehavioral processes.
Vagal Tone and the Physiological Regulation of Emotion
The vagal circuit and cardiac vagal tone are proposed to play a physiological role in emotional regulation and prompt additional research on the influence of the parasympathetic nervous system on emotion.
NICABM Interview: The Polyvagal Theory use in treating trauma
In this interview with the National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine (NICABM), Porges speaks to trauma, the autonomic nervous system, neuroception, triggering PTSD, social engagement and social attachment, Autism, scientific research versus clinical diagnosis, and the Listening Project as a treatment for auditory hypersensitivity.
Yoga Therapy
https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/EJC112682
https://www.psychiatrist.com/pcc/effectiveness-yoga-therapy-complementary-treatment/
Meditation
Trauma
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