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2. Polyvagal theory - Wikipedia

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   Polyvagal theory (PVT) is a collection of proposed evolutionary, neuroscientific, and psychological constructs pertaining to the role of the vagus nerve in emotion regulation, social connection and fear response.

3. Stephen Porges - Wikipedia

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   Stephen W. Porges (born 1945) is an American psychologist.He is the Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. [1] Porges is currently the Director of the Kinsey Institute Traumatic Stress Research Consortium at Indiana University Bloomington, [2] which studies trauma.

4. Interpersonal neurobiology - Wikipedia

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   Stephen Porges' polyvagal theory claims that the vagus nerve system is central to connecting these clusters. [14] Siegel's model of the brain attempts to simplify the complexity of brain formation in emphasizing interaction between the brainstem, limbic systems (hippocampus and amygdala) and middle prefrontal cortex.

5. Vagal tone - Wikipedia

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   The polyvagal theory by Porges is an influential model of how the vagal pathways respond to novelty and to stressful external stimuli. [30] [31] [32] The theory proposes that there are two vagal systems, one that is shared with reptiles and amphibia and a second, more recent, system that is unique to mammals. The two pathways behave differently ...

6. Promoting Healthy Choices: Information vs. Convenience - HuffPost

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   theory. For example, David M. Cutler and colleagues (2003) investigate whether or not the increase in caloric intake over time could be seen as simply a rational response to the lowered prices of food, in particular packaged snack foods, which are tempting to consume because they are convenient and require little time to prepare.

7. DNA evidence leads to suspect 28 years after deadly stabbing

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   In Smith's case, scientists used genome sequencing to build a DNA profile for the murder suspect, according to Othram Inc., a labratory that specializes in forensic genetic genealogy to assist law ...

8. Colon cancer: Measuring ‘biological age’ may help predict who ...

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   New research suggests that biological age — a measure of the body’s physiological state — could predict who is at higher risk for developing colon polyps, a key risk factor for colorectal ...

9. Tend and befriend - Wikipedia

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   According to the Polyvagal theory developed by Dr. Stephen Porges, the "Social Nervous System" is an affiliative neurocircuitry that prompts affiliation, particularly in response to stress. [2] This system is described as regulating social approach behavior. A biological basis for this regulation appears to be oxytocin. [3]