The Polyvagal Theory Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation
by Porges, Stephen W.Edition: 00
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2011-04-25
Publisher(s): W. W. Norton & Company
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Summary
This book compiles, for the first time, Stephen W. Porges#xE2;#x80;#x99;s decades of research. The world#xE2;#x80;#x99;s leading expert on the autonomic nervous system, Porges is the mind behind the groundbreaking Polyvagal Theory, which has startling implications for the treatment of anxiety, depression, trauma, and autism.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Foreword | p. xi |
| Introduction: Why Is There a Polyvagal Theory? | p. 1 |
| Theoretical Principles | |
| Neuroception: A Subconscious System for Detecting Threat and Safety | p. 11 |
| Orienting in a Defensive World: Mammalian Modifications of Our Evolutionary Heritage. A Polyvagal Theory | p. 20 |
| The Polyvagal Theory: New Insights into Adaptive Reactions of the Autonomic Nervous System | p. 52 |
| Biobehavioral Regulation During Early Development | |
| Vagal Tone: A Physiological Marker of Stress Vulnerability | p. 63 |
| The Infant's Sixth Sense: Awareness and Regulation of Bodily Processes | p. 75 |
| Physiological Regulation in High-Risk Infants: A Model for Assessment and Potential Intervention | p. 83 |
| Infant Regulation of the Vagal ôBrakeö Predicts ChildBehavior Problems: A Psychobiological Model of Social Behavior | p. 102 |
| The Early Development of the Autonomic Nervous System Provides a Neural Platform for Social Behavior | p. 118 |
| Social Communication and Relationships | |
| Vagal Tone and the Physiological Regulation of Emotion | p. 133 |
| Emotion: An Evolutionary By-Product of the Neural Regulation of the Autonomic Nervous System | p. 151 |
| Love: An Emergent Property of the Mammalian Autonomic Nervous System | p. 167 |
| Social Engagement and Attachment: A Phylogenetic Perspective | p. 186 |
| The Polyvagal Hypothesis: Common Mechanisms Mediating Autonomic Regulation, Vocalizations, and Listening | p. 202 |
| Therapeutic and Clinical Perspectives | |
| The Vagus: A Mediator of Behavioral and Physiological Features Associated With Autism | p. 217 |
| Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Regulation | p. 226 |
| Abuse History Is Related to Autonomic Regulation | p. 238 |
| Music Therapy, Trauma, and the Polyvagal Theory | p. 246 |
| Social Behavior and Health | |
| Reciprocal Influences Between Body and Brain in the Perception and Expression of Affect | p. 257 |
| Neurobiology and Evolution: Mechanisms, Mediators, and Adaptive Consequences of Caregiving | p. 281 |
| Epilogue | p. 297 |
| Credits | p. 299 |
| References | p. 303 |
| Index | p. 331 |
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