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Stephen Porges

• Articles
  • Abuse History is related to Autonomic Regulation to Mild Exercise and Psychological Wellbeing
  • Adversity History Predicts Self-Reported Autonomic Reactivity and Mental Health in US Residents During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Assessing body awareness and autonomic reactivity: Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Body Perception Questionnaire-Short Form (BPQ-SF)
  • Autonomic nervous system activity of preschool-age children who stutter
  • Autonomic regulation of preterm infants is enhanced by Family Nurture Intervention
  • Biochemistry of Love
  • The biochemistry of love:  an oxytocin hypothesis
  • Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Regulation: Insights from the Polyvagal Theory
  • Cardiac vagal dysfunction moderates patterns of craving across the day in moderate to heavy consumers of alcohol
  • Cardiac vagal tone: a neurophysiological mechanism that evolved in mammals to dampen threat reactions and promote sociality
  • Chronic Diffuse Pain and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders After Traumatic Stress: Pathophysiology Through a Polyvagal Perspective
  • The covariation of acoustic features of infant cries and autonomic state
  • The COVID-19 Pandemic is a Paradoxical Challenge to Our Nervous System: A Polyvagal Perspective
  • Diminution of Heart Rate Variability in Bipolar Depression
  • The Early Development of the Autonomic Nervous System Provides a Neural Platform for Social Behavior:  A Polyvagal Perspective
  • Effect of Alcohol on Vagal Regulation of Cardiovascular Function: Contributions of the Polyvagal Theory to the Psychophysiology of Alcohol 
  • Emotion: An Evolutionary By-Product of the Neural Regulation of the Autonomic Nervous System
  • Emotion Recognition in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Relations to Eye Gaze and Autonomic State
  • Family nurture intervention in the NICU increases autonomic regulation in mothers and children at 4-5 years of age: Follow-up results from a randomized controlled trial
  • Heart Rate Variability Predicts Treatment Outcome in Major Depression
  • Infant Regulatory Disorders: Temperamental, Physiological, and Behavioral Features
  • Is Oxytocin “Nature’s Medicine”?
  • Infant Cardiac Activity:  Developmental Changes and Relations with Attachment​
  • The Infant Sixth Sense:  Awareness and Regulation of Bodily Processes
  • LOVE: AN EMERGENT PROPERTY OF THE MAMMALIAN AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM​
  • ​Maladaptive autonomic regulation in PTSD accelerates physiological aging
  • Making the World Safe for our Children: Down-regulating Defence and Up-regulating Social Engagement to ‘Optimise’ the Human Experience 
  • Mindfulness-Based Movement: A Polyvagal Perspective
  • Music, Music Therapy and Trauma​
  • Neurocardiology through the Lens of the Polyvagal Theory​
  • NEUROCEPTION:  A Subconscious System for Detecting Threats and Safety
  • The Neurobiology of Feeling Safe
  • Orienting in a defensive world: Mammalian modifications of our evolutionary heritage. A Polyvagal Theory
  • A phylogenetic journey through the vague and ambiguous Xth cranial nerve: A commentary on contemporary heart rate variability research
  • Play as a Neural Exercise:  Insights from the Polyvagal Theory
  • Polyvagal and global cytokine theory of safety and threat Covid-19–plan B
  • The polyvagal hypothesis: common mechanisms mediating autonomic regulation, vocalizations and listening
  • Polyvagal Theory and the Social Engagement System:  Neurophysiological Bridge Between Connectedness and Health
  • Polyvagal  and  Global  Cytokine  Theory of  Safety  and  Threat Covid-19  –  Plan  B 
  • The Polyvagal Perspective
  • Polyvagal Theory:  A Primer
  • The polyvagal hypothesis: common mechanisms mediating autonomic regulation, vocalizations and listening 
  • The polyvagal theory: New insights into adaptive reactions of the autonomic nervous system
  • The Polyvagal Theory: phylogenetic contributions to social behavior
  • The polyvagal theory: phylogenetic substrates of a social nervous system
  • Polyvagal Theory: A biobehavioral journey to sociality​
  • Polyvagal Theory:  A Primer
  • Prediction of Childhood Problems at Three Years in Children Experiencing Disorders of Regulation During Infancy
  • Psychophysiological Studies of Attention During Infancy and Early Childhood
  • Reciprocal influences between body and brain in the perception and expression of affect: A polyvagal perspective
  • Reduced Heart Rate Variability in Chronic Alcohol Abuse: Relationship with Negative Mood, Chronic Thought Suppression, and Compulsive Drinking 
  • Reducing auditory hypersensitivities in autistic spectrum disorder: preliminary findings evaluating the listening project protocol
  • Respiratory sinus arrhythmia and auditory processing in autism: Modifiable deficits of an integrated social engagement system?​
  • Regulatory Disorders II: Psychophysiologic Perspectives
  • The Role of Social Engagement in Attachment and Bonding:  A Phylogenetic Perspective
  • The Roots of Empathy
  • Sensory Difficulties in Children With an FMR1 Premutation
  • Sluggish vagal brake reactivity to physical exercise challenge in children with selective mutism
  • Social Engagement and Attachment:  A Phylogenetic Perspective
  • Stress and Parasympathetic Control
  • Therapeutic Presence: Neurophysiological Mechanisms Mediating
    Feeling Safe in Therapeutic Relationships​
  • Trauma and the Polyvagal Theory: A commentary
  • Traumatic stress and the autonomic brain‐gut connection in development: Polyvagal Theory as an integrative framework for psychosocial and gastrointestinal pathology
  • Vagal Modulation of Responses to Mental Challenge in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  • Vagal pathways: Portals to Compassion
  • The Vagus:  A Mediator of Behavioral and Physiologic Features Associated with Autism
  • Vagal pathways: Portals to Compassion
  •  VAGAL TONE AND THE PHYSIOLOGICAL REGULATION OF EMOTION
  • Yoga Therapy and Polyvagal Theory: The Convergence of Traditional Wisdom and Contemporary Neuroscience for Self-Regulation and Resilience
• Books
  • Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
  • Complementary and Integrative Treatments in Psychiatric Practice
  • The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
  • Polyvagal Safety: Attachment, Communication, Self-Regulation
  • The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
  • EBook:  Healing Trauma Pain Through Polyvagal Science--Dr. Peter Levine, Dr. Stephen Porges, Dr. Maggie Phillips
• Interviews
  • Transcripts
    • “Don't talk to me now, I'm scanning for danger” How your nervous system sabotages your ability to relate
    • ESH Newsletter
    • ​​Love’s Brain: A Conversation with Stephen Porges
    • The Polyvagal Theory for Treating Trauma
    • The Polyvagal Theory
    • Polyvagal Theory and Regulating our Bodily State
    • Shrink Rap Radio #265, June 3, 2011, The Polyvagal Theory with Stephen Porges, Ph.D.
    • The Significance of Stillness
    • Stephen W. Porges, PhD: Q&A About Freezing, Fainting, and the ‘Safe’ Sounds of Music Therapy
    • Stephen Porges: ‘Survivors are blamed because they don’t fight
    • Transcript of “Stephen Porges: The Polyvagal Theory & The Vagal Nerve – #264” 
• Recordings
  • The Body's Adaptive Response to Trauma
  • Breath of Life Conference 2013 - Panel Discussion
  • Conversation Reimagined (17) Conversation Reimagined post-pandemic-lockdown with Dr. Stephen Porges
  • COVID-19 Anxiety, Cultivating Safeness, and Polyvagal Theory with Dr. Stephen Porges
  • Dr. Stephen Porges speaks about spirituality concepts from a Polyvagal perspective
  • Dr. Stephen Porges on Polyvagal Theory & Romantic Relationships
  • How the Brain Works with the Vagus with Stephen Porges
  • How to Help a Traumatized Body Relax without Fear
  • How to Make Clients Feel Safe:  Today's Video: Bringing Polyvagal Theory into Your Practice
  • How We Impact Our Children's Nervous System with Dr. Stephen Porges
  • How safe do you feel? Revolutionising mental health with the Polyvagal Theory
  • iLs interview with Stephen Porges:  https://soundcloud.com/ils-podcast/stephen-porges-full-interview
  • Mindfulness and Co-Regulation
  • The Nervous System Circuitry of Safety, Sound & Gratitude
  • Neurobiology of Social Connectedness
  • The Neuroscience and Power of Safe Relationships
  • Optimizing human experiences through the lens of the Polyvagal Theory with Dr. Stephen Porges
  • Polyvagal Theory with Dr Stephen Porges
  • Polyvagal Theory on Feeling Safe
  • The Polyvagal Theory and PTSD with Stephen Porges
  • The Psychophysiology of Compassion
  • The Science of Compassion: Origins, Measures, and Interventions - Stephen Porges, Ph.D.
  • The Science of Safety with Stephen Porges
  • Stephen Porges and Rick Hanson on Resilience
  • Stephen Porges-The Dharma Cafe
  • Stephen Porges Global Stress Summit 2017 Interview: Rewiring Neurological Safety
  • Stephen Porges - Polyvagal Theory: how your body makes the decision
  • Stephen Porges: The Polyvagal Theory & The Vagal Nerve
  • Stephen Porges On How Facial Expressions Impact Your Relationships - RS Podcast EPISODE 247
  • VIDEO: Stephen Porges on How Trauma Affects Our Ability to Connect: The Science Behind Healthy Relationships
  • Stephen Porges on the Building Blocks of Healthy Relationships
  • Stephen Porges on the Causes of Distorted Social Engagement
  • Stephen Porges on Reciprocal Interaction
  • Talk Time Featuring Dr. Stephen Porges: Polyvagal Theory
  • TU93: Polyvagal Theory in Action – The Science and Practice of Body Regulation With Dr Stephen Porges
  • Understanding Irrational Threat Responses in Relationships
  • Understanding Why You Are Who You Are with Dr. Stephen Porges and Luke Iorio
  • VIDEO: The Building Blocks of Healthy Relationships:  Stephen Porges Explains What Connection Actually Looks Like
  • What Causes Misophonia? [Podcast with Dr. Stephen Porges]
  • What Is The Polyvagal Theory & How Can It Help You Move Forward w/ Dr. Stephen Porges
  • #WiseGirl, Dr. Stephen Porges: Polyvagal Theory, Trauma, Safety/Intimacy & Mindfulness/Spirituality
• Trainings
  • Webinars
    • Applying the Polyvagal Theory to Improve Client Outcomes
    • Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory Featuring Dr. Stephen Porges
    • The Embodied Brain:  YOGA, NEUROPLASTICITY, AND THE NEW SCIENCE
    • The Healing Trauma Summit
  • Audio
    • A Neural Love Code: The Body’s Need to Engage and Bond
    • Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory I: Symbiotic Regulation of the Autonomic Nervous System
    • Faulty Neuroception: How Trauma Distorts Perception and Displaces Spontaneous Social Behaviors with Defensive Reactions 
• Websites
  • http://stephenporges.com/:  This web site will keep you updated with information about seminars, workshops, and lectures that Dr. Stephen W. Porges, Ph.D, will be conducting worldwide.
  • Polyvagal Institute:  Polyvagal Institute is a not-for-profit dedicated to creating a new paradigm for health and wellness.  We provide training, support community and facilitate research centered around a revolutionary understanding of the body and mind, as presented in the work of Stephen Porges and Polyvagal Theory.
  • Safe and Sound Protocol:  Developed by Dr. Stephen Porges, the SSP is a five-day intervention designed to reduce stress and auditory sensitivity while enhancing social engagement and resilience. By calming the physiological and emotional state, the door is opened for improved communication and more successful therapy
  • Blog by Heather MacDuffie, PhD, LCSW with Samar Singh, PhD, and Susi Lippuner, MSW on the Safe and Sound Protocol

Deb Dana

• https://www.rhythmofregulation.com/:  from Deb's website--Out of Stephen Porges's brilliant work developing Polyvagal Theory, a world-wide community of Polyvagal-informed people and systems is developing as we better understand the power of the autonomic nervous system to guide our movements and shape our stories.   My work as a clinician, consultant, lecturer, and Coordinator of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium in the Kinsey Institute is focused on using the lens of Polyvagal Theory to understand and resolve the impact of trauma and create ways of working that honor the role of the autonomic nervous system as we move through states of protection and connection in an ongoing quest for safety.  Deb's site now has online trainings in the Polyvagal Theory.  List of Clinicians that have completed the Rhythm of Regulation Training. 
• Articles
  • THE APPLICATION OF THE POLYVAGAL THEORY TO HIGH CONFLICT CO-PARENTING CASES​
  • Deb Dana
  • How to Help Our Nervous Systems During a Pandemic … Finding Ventral Vagal for Our Clients and Ourselves
  • A Polyvagal Primer:  A Three-Part Exercise to Create Safety and Trust
  • Polyvagal Theory and Befriending the Nervous System
  • Reaching Out in Nervous Times:  Polyvagal Theory Encounters Teletherapy
  • The Touch Taboo:  Are We Missing a Vital Source of Healing?VIDEO: Accessing Self-Compassion in a Pandemic
  • VIDEO: What Therapists Need to Know About Polyvagal Theory:  ...And How to Use Safe Touch in Therapy
  • What Polyvagal Theory Tells Us about Managing Stress
• Videos
  • 3 Deb Dana Lecture
  • 159: Understanding Polyvagal Theory
  • Deb Dana | A Polyvagal Approach to Covid 19
  • Deb Dana about the Polyvagal Theory in psychotherapy
  • Deb Dana:  Befriending Your Nervous System 
  • Deb Dana Describes the Polyvagal Theory
  • Deb Dana - Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation: A Polyvagal Theory-Guided Approach to Therapy
  • Deb Dana Interview: Story Follows State, Climbing the Ladder and Diagnosing
  • Deb Dana | Know Your Nerves: Polyvagal Theory
  • EP 17: Deb Dana and the Science of Safety
  • How to Befriend Your Nervous System During Quarantine
  • ​Life Through A Polyvagal Lens | Deb Dana, LCSW ~ ATTMind 94
  • "Networker Live" with Deb Dana:  Interactive Discussions with Networker Contributors
  • The Pied Piper of Polyvagal Theory: Deb Dana
  • Polyvagal Theory and Trauma – Deb Dana
  • Polyvagal Theory in Action: 3D Example of the Nervous System with Ventral and Dorsal Vagal Systems
  • The Polyvagal Theory in t​he Classroom with Deb Dana
  • Recovering Resilience by Resetting the Nervous System
  • Shrink Rap Radio #604 Applying Polyvagal Theory to The Treatment of Trauma with Deb Dana LCSW
  • ​TU110: Story Follows State - Investigating Polyvagal Theory with Guest Deb Dana
  • Using the Polyvagal Theory to Balance Your Nervous System with Deb Dana
  • What Therapists Need to Know About Polyvagal Theory
  • Windhorse Talks: Deb Dana and Polyvagal Workshop
• Books
  • Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory
  • Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
  • Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection: A Guide for Therapists to Help their Clients
  • The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation
  • Polyvagal Flip Chart: Understanding the Science of Safety

Safe and Sound Protocol

• A full listing of Safe and Sound Protocol providers in the US, Canada, and Internationally can be found on the Integrated Listening Systems Homepage under iLs Providers:  http://integratedlistening.com/
• Safe and Sound Protocol videos
  • Dr. Stephen Porges interview from the Thriving Children Summit​
  • Heather MacDuffie:  Understanding the Safe and Sound Protocol
  • How to Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP)
  • Joanne McIntyre, OTR, MS (Psych), BCN on the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP)
  • Nicole Hargreaves:  Safe and Sound Protocol - What is It, and How Does it Work?
  • PRE Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) "Sophie" and POST Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) "Sophie"
  • The Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) behavioral and sensory changes in 5 days
  • Safe and Sound Protocol:  Learning to Feel Safe
  • Safe and Sound Protocol:  Heart and Mind
  • Safe and Sound Protocol:  Clinical Information and Resources​
  • Safe and Sound Protocol:  Step by Step Counseling​
  • SSP Summary from Dr. Stephen Porges
  • Treat Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, and Autism with The Safe and Sound Protocol w/ Carol Carner-Houston
  • What to Expect as you go through the Safe & Sound Protocol
  • What is the Safe & Sound Protocol (SSP)?
  • SSP testimonial for complex trauma and anxiety
  • Safe and Sound Protocol Review
  • Safe and Sound Protocol Testimonial

​Information on the Impact of Low-Frequency Noise on Hearing and Health

• http://docs.wind-watch.org/Pawlaczyk-LFN-mental...
• https://www.researchgate.net/.../8436735_Effects_of_low...
• https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/.../Benton...
• http://www.onlinejacc.org/content/accj/71/6/688.full.pdf 
• Sources and effects of low-frequency noise
• Effects of noise sensitivity on psychophysiological responses to building
  noise
• An Investigation on the Physiological and Psychological Effects of Infrasound on Persons

Others

• Websites
  • https://www.kelly-mahler.com/-Kelly Mahler has been an occupational therapist for 17 years, serving school-aged children and adults. She is actively involved in several research projects pertaining to interoception and has published 7 books on a variety of topics related to social and emotional growth.  Kelly recently published "The Interoception Curriculum (which) introduces professionals to a systematic, guided framework to build interoceptive awareness for improved self-regulation. The Interoception Activity Cards enhance the concepts covered in the curriculum, providing 170 additional interoception-building activities that can be done on the go!" from:  https://www.kelly-mahler.com/.  Kelly also has a 4-Hour online course called the 3 Steps to Improving Interoception: An Evidence-Based Approach.  
  • https://monadelahooke.com/:  Mona Delahooke, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist with more than 30 years of experience caring for children and their families. She is a senior faculty member of the Profectum Foundation, an organization dedicated to supporting families of neurodiverse children, adolescents and adults. She is a trainer for the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health.  Dr. Delahooke is a member of the American Psychological Association and holds the highest level of endorsement in the field of infant and toddler mental health in California, as a Reflective Practice Mentor (RPM). She is a frequent speaker, trainer, and consultant to parents, organizations, schools, and public agencies. Dr. Delahooke has dedicated her career to promoting compassionate, relationship-based, neurodevelopmental interventions for children with developmental, behavioral, emotional, and learning differences.  she is the author of the books:  Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children's Behavioral Challenges and Social and Emotional Development in Early Intervention.
  • Pat Ogden:  Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute--"Sensorimotor Psychotherapy® draws from somatic therapies, neuroscience, attachment theory, and cognitive approaches, as well as from the Hakomi Method. Since the first course in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy® was offered in the early 1980’s, it has gained international acclaim. The first book on Sensorimotor Psychotherapy®, Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy, published in the Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology in 2006 gained international acclaim. The sequel to the first book, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment was published in spring of 2015." (from:  https://www.sensorimotorpsychotherapy.org/about.html)
  • Somatic Experiencing:  "The Somatic Experiencing® method is a body-oriented approach to the healing of trauma and other stress disorders. It is the life’s work of Dr. Peter A. Levine, resulting from his multidisciplinary study of stress physiology, psychology, ethology, biology, neuroscience, indigenous healing practices, and medical biophysics, together with over 45 years of successful clinical application. The SE approach releases traumatic shock, which is key to transforming PTSD and the wounds of emotional and early developmental attachment trauma." (from:  https://traumahealing.org/about-us/#about)
  • The Theraplay Institute:  "Theraplay is a child and family therapy for building and enhancing attachment, self-esteem, trust in others, and joyful engagement. It is based on the natural patterns of playful, healthy interaction between parent and child and is personal, physical, and fun. Theraplay interactions focus on four essential qualities found in parent-child relationships: Structure, Engagement, Nurture, and Challenge. Theraplay sessions create an active, emotional connection between the child and parent or caregiver, resulting in a changed view of the self as worthy and lovable and of relationships as positive and rewarding." (from:  https://theraplay.org/what-is-theraplay-3)
• Recordings
  • Polyvagal Theory Explained Simply
  • Real/Fake Science Polyvagal Theory of the Nervous System
  • The Polyvagal Theory: The New Science of Safety and Trauma
  • Basic Human Drives: The Polyvagal Theory
  • Polyvagal Theory of Trauma
  • Polyvagal Theory & Perfectionism – A Brief Case Study
  • Polyvagal Theory Applied: Moving from Fight or Flight to Social Engagement for Sustainable Living
  • TU18: Polyvagal Theory: Understanding Irrational Threat Responses in Relationships
  • Your Gut Is Directly Connected To Your Brain
  • TU94: The Science of Self-Regulation – Breaking down Polyvagal Theory
  • Parasympathetic Repair - Steve Fowkes
  • The Basic Exercise (Stanley Rosenberg)--Movement for Resilience
  • VIDEO: Peter Levine on Trauma Treatment's "Greatest Tool":  Tapping into the Power of the Body
  • Neuroception: the missing piece in our children's mental health crisis | Claire Wilson 
  • https://internalfamilysystems.pt/multimedia/webinars/ifs-and-polyvagal-integration-ruth-culver
• Books
  • Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve: Self-Help Exercises for Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Autism
  • Activate Your Vagus Nerve: Unleash Your Body’s Natural Ability to Heal
  • Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence
  • The Art of Somatic Coaching: Embodying Skillful Action, Wisdom, and Compassion
  • Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children's Behavioral Challenges
  • The Body Remembers Volume 2: Revolutionizing Trauma Treatment
  • Clinical Anatomy of the Spine, Spinal Cord, and ANS
  • The Embodied Teen:  A Somatic Curriculum for Teaching Body-Mind Awareness, Kinesthetic Intelligence, and Social and Emotional Skills
  • Embodiment in Psychotherapy:  A Practitioner's Guide
  • ​GROUNDED: Discovering the Missing Piece in the Puzzle of Children's Behaviour
  • The Heart of Trauma: Healing the Embodied Brain in the Context of Relationships 
  • Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence
  • Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds 
  • Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship
  • Healing the Fractured Child: Diagnosis and Treatment of Youth With Dissociation
  • An Integrative Approach to Treating Babies and Children: A Multidisciplinary Guide
  • Mindful Movement in Psychotherapy
  • Music Therapy Handbook
  • My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
  • Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality
  • Neurocounseling: Brain-Based Clinical Approaches
  • Nurturing Resilience: Helping Clients Move Forward from Developmental Trauma-An Integrative Somatic Approach ​
  • Play-Based Interventions for Childhood Anxieties, Fears, and Phobias
  • Polyvagal Theory and the Developing Child: Systems of Care for Strengthening Kids, Families, and Communities
  • The Pocket Guide to Sensorimotor Psychotherapy in Context 
  • The Practitioner's Guide to Mirroring Hands: A Client-responsive Therapy that Facilitates Natural Problem-solving and Mind-body Healing
  • Primer on the Autonomic System
  • Reframe Your Thinking Around Autism: How the Polyvagal Theory and Brain Plasticity Help Us Make Sense of Autism
  • Relational and Body-Centered Practices for Healing Trauma: Lifting the Burdens of the Past 
  • Rhythms of Relating in Children's Therapies: Connecting Creatively with Vulnerable Children
  • Rhythm to Recovery:  A Practical Guide​ to Using Rhythmic Music, Voice and Movement for Social and Emotional Development
  • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment
  • Shame-Informed Therapy: Treatment Strategies to Overcome Core Shame and Reconstruct the Authentic Self
  • Social and Emotional Development in Early Intervention
  • Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy: Awareness, Breath, Resonance, Movement, and Touch in Practice
  • Somatic Methods for Affect Regulation: A Clinician’s Guide to Healing Traumatized Youth 
  • Somatic Psychotherapy Toolbox: 125 Worksheets and Exercises to Treat Trauma & Stress
  • The Tao of Trauma: A Practitioner's Guide for Integrating Five Element Theory and Trauma Treatment
  • Trauma and the Body:  A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy
  • Trauma Informed Approaches to Eating Disorders
  • Trauma-Informed Yoga: A Toolbox for Therapists: 47 Practices to Calm Balance, and Restore the Nervous System
  • Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing
  • Trauma Sensitive Yoga
  • Treating Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model: A Bottom-Up Approach 1st Edition
  • Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode--and into a Life of Connection and Joy
  • Yoga Therapy for Fear: Treating Anxiety, Depression and Rage with the Vagus Nerve and Other Techniques
  • Your Body is Your Brain: Leverage Your Somatic Intelligence to Find Purpose, Build Resilience, Deepen Relationships and Lead More Powerfully
• Books on Emotions, Facial Expressions, and Prosody
  • Affect Regulation and the Origin of Self:  The Neurobiology of Emotional Development
  • ​Affect Regulation and the Development of Psychopathology
  • ​Affect Regulation and the Repair of the Self
  • Affect Regulation, Mentalization, and the Development of Self 
  • Affect Regulation Theory: A Clinical Model
  • Affect Regulation Training: A Practitioners' Manual 
  • Anatomy of Facial Expression 
  • Anatomy of the Voice: An Illustrated Guide for Singers, Vocal Coaches, and Speech Therapists
  • The Archeology of Mind:  Neuroevolutionary Origins of Human Emotion
  • The Artist's Complete Guide to Facial Expressions
  • Body and Voice: Somatic Re-education
  • A Book of Faces:  A Collection of Facial Expressions
  • ​Darwin and Facial Expressions
  • Emotion and Consciousness
  • Emotions Revealed, Second Edition: Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life
  • Emotional Awareness:  A Conversation Between The Dalai Lama and Paul Ekman, PH.D.
  • Emotion Regulation in Psychotherapy: A Practitioner's Guide
  • The Emotional Life of Your Brain
  • Engaging Mirror Neuron to Inspire Connection and Social Emotional Development in Children and Teens on the Autism Spectrum
  • Engaging Resilience:  Heal the Physical Impact of Emotional Trauma:  A Guide for Bodywork Practitioners
  • Handbook of Emotions, Fourth Edition 4th Edition
  • The Healing Power of Emotion:  Affective Neuroscience, Development, & Clinical Practice
  • ​How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain
  • It's All About Me (and my emotions)​
  • The Oxford Handbook of Language Prosody
  • Prosody Intervention for High-Functioning Adolescents and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (Enhancing communication and social engagement through voice, rhythm, and pitch)
  • Prosody Treatment Program
  • Reader's Guide to Affect Regulation and Neurobiology
  • Seven and a Half Lessons about the Brain
  • Singing with Your Whole Self
  • Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage
  • This Is the Voice
  • ​Unmasking the Face: A Guide to Recognizing Emotions From Facial Expressions
  • The Verbal Communication of Emotions

Articles

• ​Attention Detection System Based on the Variability of Heart Rate
• Autonomic and Brain Morphological Predictors of Stress Resilience
• Autonomic Nervous System and Neurocardiac Physiopathology
• The Autonomic Nervous System
• A unifying conceptual framework of factors associated to cardiac vagal control
• A Beginner’s Guide to Polyvagal Theory
• Beyond Allostatic Load:  The Stress Response System as a Mechanism of Conditional Adaptation
• Cardiac coherence, self-regulation, autonomic stability, and psychosocial well-being
• Conversation: George Slavich on Human Social Genomics
• Create a Safe Place
• Desire: The Neurophysiology of Morality
• An energetic view of stress: Focus on mitochondria
• Gateways for Transformation 
• Generalized Unsafety Theory of Stress: Unsafe Environments and Conditions, and the Default Stress Response
• Heart Rate Variability and Cognitive Function: A Systematic Review
• Zammuto M, Ottaviani C, Laghi F and Lonigro A (2021) The Heart in the Mind: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Association Between Theory of Mind and Cardiac Vagal Tone. Front. Physiol.
• How Do Neuroscience and Therapy Mix?:  Knowing About the Brain Can Actually Change It
• How I Came to Rethink Children’s Challenging Behaviors:  Doing Away with the Blame Game
• The human condition: we are all on a quest for safety
• The Impact of Fear and How Mindfulness Can Help
• Influence of Authoritarianism, Vagal Tone and Mental Fatigue on Obedience to Authority
• Mindfulness-Based Movement:  A Polyvagal Perspective
• Moderate Baseline Vagal Tone Predicts Greater Prosociality in Children
• MULTILEVEL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE SYMPATHETIC AND PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEMS: A MINIREVIEW​
• The Need for Safety in Therapy, Part Three:  How to create internal safety
• The neurobiology of human crying
• The neurophysiological correlates of religious chanting
• Nonrandom Acts of Kindness: Parasympathetic and Subjective Empathic Responses to  Sadness Predict Children’s Prosociality
• Positive Psychophysiology: The Body and Self-Regulation
• Polyvagal Theory: Introduction for Somatic Psychotherapy
• Racial Discrimination and Acute Physiological Responses Among Black Young Adults: The Role of Racial Identity
• A relationship between brainstem auditory evoked potential and vagal control of heart rate in adult women
• Self-esteem and Autonomic Physiology: Parallels Between Self-Esteem and Cardiac Vagal Tone as Buffers of Threat 
• Stress and Heart Rate Variability: A Meta-Analysis and Review of the Literature
• The therapeutic alliance: Exploring the concept of “safety” from a neuropsychotherapeutic perspective
• A unifying conceptual framework of factors associated to cardiac vagal control
• Vagal Activity Is Quadratically Related to Prosocial Traits, Prosocial Emotions, and Observer Perceptions of Prosociality
• Vagal Flexibility: A Physiological Predictor of Social Sensitivity
• Vagal Tank Theory: The Three Rs of Cardiac Vagal Control Functioning – Resting, Reactivity, and Recovery
• Variable heart rate and a flexible mind: Higher resting-state heart rate variability predicts better task-switching

Articles on Natural Vagus Nerve Stimulation

• 12 Ways to Unlock the Powers of the Vagus Nerve
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• 6 psychologist-approved hacks for calming your nervous system, and mind
• HOW TO NATURALLY REGULATE YOUR VAGUS NERVE FOR BETTER MOOD, DIGESTION, HEART HEALTH, AND MORE
• Natural Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Autism

• Abnormal autonomic and associated brain activities during rest in autism spectrum disorder
• Autism as a developmental disorder in intentional movement and affective engagement
• Autonomic Dysfunction in Catatonia in Autism: Implications of a Vagal Theory
• Autonomic Dysregulation During Sensory Stimulation in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Brief Report: Social Skills, Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms, and Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia in Autism
• Cardiac Autonomic Regulation in Autism and Fragile X Syndrome: A Review 
• Emotional Arousal During Social Stress in Young Adults With Autism: Insights From Heart Rate, Heart Rate Variability and Self-Report
• Evidence for decreased parasympathetic response to a novel peer interaction in older children with autism spectrum disorder: a case-control study
• Heart rate variability during sleep in children with autism spectrum disorder
• Investigating the Autonomic Nervous System Response to Anxiety in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
• The Listening Program
• Mental Health and Autism: Promoting Autism FaVourable Environments (PAVE)
• Neural Mechanisms Involved in Hypersensitive Hearing:  Helping Children with ASD Who Are Overly Sensitive to Sounds
• New Perspectives of ASD - Integrative Psychodynamic Approach​
• Parasympathetic functions in children with sensory processing disorder
• Parasympathetic Response Profiles Related to Social Functioning in Young Children with Autistic Disorder
• Patterns of Risk for Multiple Co-Occurring Medical Conditions Replicate Across Distinct Cohorts of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Patterns of Sensitivity to Emotion in Children with Williams Syndrome and Autism: Relations Between Autonomic Nervous System Reactivity and Social Functioning
• Physiologic Arousal to Social Stress in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Pilot Study
• Physiological Response to Social Evaluative Threat in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Respiratory sinus arrhythmia and auditory processing in autism:  Modifiable deficits of an integrated social engagement system?
• Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia:  A Marker for Positive Social Functioning and Receptive Language Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Respiratory sinus arrhythmia, parenting, and externalizing behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder
• The Role of Emotion Regulation in Autism Spectrum Disorder RH: Emotion Regulation in ASD

Birth, Attachment, and Bonding

• Autonomic Nervous System Development and its’ Impact on Neuropsychiatric Outcome
• Biological Perspectives on Social Attachment and Bonding
• Cardiac Orienting to Auditory Stimulation in the Fetus
• Children's physiological reactivity in emotion contexts and prosocial behavior
• Effects of an attachment-based intervention in infancy on children’s autonomic regulation during middle childhood
• Effects of Pre- and Post-natal Maternal Stress on Infant Temperament and Autonomic Nervous System Reactivity and Regulation In a Diverse, Low-Income Population​
• Fetal growth restriction: From Polyvagal theory to developmental impairments?
• Fetal and Infant Outcomes in the Offspring of Parents With Perinatal Mental Disorders: Earliest Influences
• Heart rate variability in healthy term newborns is related to delivery mode: a prospective observational study
• Impact of Maternal Stress, Depression and Anxiety on Fetal Neurobehavioral Development
• Increased Frequency of Skin-to-Skin Contact Is Associated with Enhanced Vagal Tone and Improved Health Outcomes in Preterm Neonates
• Infant emotional responses to challenge predict empathic
  behavior in toddlerhood
• THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF FOETAL LIFE AND BIRTH
• Mothers’ Physiological and Affective Responding to Infant Distress: Unique Antecedents of Avoidant and Resistant Attachments
• A neurobiological model for the effects of early brainstem functioning on the development of behavior and emotion regulation in infants: implications for prenatal and perinatal risk
• The Neurobiology of Attachment: From Infancy to Clinical Outcomes
• Nurturescience versus neuroscience: A case for rethinking perinatal mother–infant behaviors and relationship
• Parental Skills and Embodiment in Childhood
• Pediatric Massage Therapy Research: A Narrative Review
• Polyvagal theory, neurodevelopment and psychiatric disorders​
• Prenatal Stress and Balance of the Child’s Cardiac Autonomic Nervous System at Age 5-6 Years
• Prenatal Substance Exposure: Neurobiological Organization at
  One Month
• The Role of Prenatal Substance Exposure and Early Adversity
  on Parasympathetic Functioning from 3 to 6 Years of Age
• Statistical Modeling of Heart Rate Variability to Unravel the Factors Affecting Autonomic Regulation in Preterm Infants
• Young Children’s Physiological Reactivity during Memory Recall: Associations with Posttraumatic Stress and Parent Physiological Synchrony

Emotion Regulation

• ​Ability-Based Emotional Intelligence Is Associated With Greater Cardiac Vagal Control and Reactivity
• Affective and physiological responses to the suffering of others: compassion and vagal activity.
• Applying the polyvagal theory to children’s emotion regulation: Social context, socialization, and adjustment​
• Assessing and managing mild to moderate emotion dysregulation
• Autonomic complexity and emotion (dys-)regulation in early childhood across high- and low-risk contexts
• Autonomic Mechanisms of Emotional Reactivity and Regulation
• Autonomic Regulation, Polyvagal Theory, and Children’s Prosocial Development
• Beyond Restoration: Considering Emotion Regulation in Natural Well-Being
• Cardiac coherence, self-regulation, autonomic stability, and psychosocial well-being
• Cardiac Vagal Control as a Marker of Emotion Regulation in Healthy Adults: A Review
• Cardiac vagal regulation differentiates among children at risk for behavior problems
• Cardiac Vagal Tone Predicts Inhibited Attention to Fearful Faces
• Children's physiological reactivity in emotion contexts and prosocial behavior
• Cogenerative dialogues,  emotional  conflicts,  and  polyvagal  theory: to science learning
• Cultural Differences in Interpersonal Emotion Regulation
• Developmental affective psychophysiology: Using physiology to inform our understanding of emotional development​
• Early Adversity, RSA, and Inhibitory Control: Evidence of Children’s Neurobiological Sensitivity to Social Context
• Effects of Emotion Regulation Difficulties on the Tonic and Phasic Cardiac Autonomic Response
• Emotion regulation and understanding Implications for child psychopathology and therapy
• Emotion Regulation via the Autonomic Nervous System in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Emotional Processing and Regulation in Borderline Personality Disorder
• From the heart to the mind: cardiac vagal tone modulates top-down and bottom-up visual perception and attention to emotional stimuli
• The Generative Presence of Relatedness
• Heart rate variability is associated with emotion recognition: Direct evidence for a relationship between the autonomic nervous system and social cognition
• How Positive Emotions Build Physical Health: Perceived Positive Social Connections Account for the Upward Spiral Between Positive Emotions and Vagal Tone
• The impact of heart rate variability on subjective well-being is mediated by emotion regulation​
• Infant emotional responses to challenge predict empathic behavior in toddlerhood
• Individual Differences in Trajectories of Emotion Regulation Processes: The Effects of Maternal Depressive Symptomatology and Children’s Physiological Regulation
• Intersections between cardiac physiology, emotion regulation and interpersonal warmth in preschoolers: Implications for drug abuse prevention from translational neuroscience
• Is Low Heart Rate Variability Associated with Emotional Dysregulation, Psychopathological Dimensions, and Prefrontal Dysfunctions? An Integrative View
• Measuring the Brain-Gut Axis in Psychological Sciences: A Necessary Challenge
• Mothers’ and fathers’ self-regulation capacity, dysfunctional attributions and hostile parenting during early adolescence: A process-oriented approach
• Multi-Faceted Emotion Regulation, Stress, and Affect in Mothers of Young Children 
• Neural correlates of fear: insights from neuroimaging​
• A neurobiological model for the effects of early brainstem functioning on the development of behavior and emotion regulation in infants: implications for prenatal and perinatal risk
• The neuroscience of sadness: A multidisciplinary synthesis and collaborative review
• Nurturing Family Environments for Children:  Compassion-Focused Parenting as a Form of Parenting Intervention
• Open Hearts Build Lives: Positive Emotions, Induced Through Loving-Kindness Meditation, Build Consequential Personal Resources
• Optimizing arousal to manage aggression: A pilot study of sensory modulation​
• Parasympathetic arousal-related cortical activity is associated with attention during cognitive task performance
• Parental Support of Self-Regulation among Children at Risk for Externalizing Symptoms
• Polyvagal Theory and Developmental Psychopathology: Emotion Dysregulation and Conduct Problems from Preschool to Adolescence
• The association between mothers’ and daughters’ positive affect is moderated by child cardiac vagal regulation
• Recognizing emotions in bodies: Vagus nerve stimulation enhances recognition of anger while impairing sadness​
• Respiratory sinus arrhythmia, emotion, and emotion regulation during social interaction
• Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Reactivity Predicts Emotion Regulation and Depressive Symptoms in At-risk and Control Children 
• Resting State Vagally-Mediated Heart Rate Variability Is Associated With Neural Activity During Explicit Emotion Regulation
• Right Temporoparietal Junction Involvement in Autonomic Responses to the Suffering of Others: A Preliminary Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Study
• The Role of Emotion Regulation in Autism Spectrum Disorder RH: Emotion Regulation in ASD
• A Shy Heart May Benefit From Everyday Life Social Interactions with Close Others
• ​Social-cognitive, physiological, and neural mechanisms underlying emotion regulation impairments: Understanding anxiety in autism spectrum disorder
• Statistical Modeling of Heart Rate Variability to Unravel the Factors Affecting Autonomic Regulation in Preterm Infants
• Therapeutic Listening for Preterm Children with Sensory Dysregulation, Attention and Cognitive Problems
• Time, Touch, and Compassion: Effects on Autonomic Nervous System and Well-Being
• Upward spirals of the heart: Autonomic flexibility, as indexed by vagal tone, reciprocally and prospectively predicts positive emotions and social connectedness
• Vagal Activity Is Quadratically Related to Prosocial Traits, Prosocial
  Emotions, and Observer Perceptions of Prosociality​
• Vagal Tone and Children’s Delay of Gratification: Differential Sensitivity Across Resource Poor and Resource Rich Environments
• When tonic cardiac vagal tone predicts changes in phasic vagal tone: The role of fear and perceptual load

Gastrointestinal

• Autism and nutrition: the role of the gut–brain axis
• Autonomic activity and somatic symptoms in response to success versus failure on a cognitive task: A comparison of chronic abdominal pain patients and well children
• Difficulties in Emotion Regulation and Mindfulness in Psychological and Somatic Symptoms of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders​
• Gastrointestinal Issues in Autism Spectrum Disorder​
• The gut-brain axis: interactions between enteric microbiota, central and enteric nervous systems
• Irritable bowel syndrome, depression and anxiety
• Microbiota and the gut–brain axis​
• The microbiota–gut–brain axis in gastrointestinal disorders: stressed bugs, stressed brain or both?
• Psychosocial Factors, Psychiatric Illness and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: A Historical Perspective

Immune

• ​Autonomic regulation of the immune system in cardiovascular diseases
• Autonomic Neural Regulation of the Immune System:  Implications for Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease
• Autonomic Nervous System and Immune System Interactions​
• Cholinergic control of inflammation​
• From early adversities to immune activation in psychiatric disorders:
  the role of the sympathetic nervous system
• Inflammation and depression but where does the inflammation come from?
• Immune, Autonomic, and Endocrine Dysregulation in Autism and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome/Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders Versus Unaffected Controls
• The immune system and psychiatric disease: a basic science
  perspective
• THE IMMUNOLOGY OF MIND CONTROL: EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MICROBIOME AND THE BRAIN
• Neuro–Immune Cell Units: A New Paradigm in Physiology
• Neuro-immune interactions via the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway​
• Physiology and immunology of the cholinergic antiinflammatory pathway
• Reflex Principles of Immunological Homeostasis​
• Rethinking inflammation: neural circuits in the regulation of immunity

Mental Health

• Abuse, invalidation, and lack of early warmth show distinct relationships with self‐criticism, self‐compassion, and fear of self‐compassion in personality disorder
• Activating attachments enhances heart rate variability
• Affective and Physiological Responses to the Suffering of Others: Compassion and Vagal Activity
• Alteration of Heart Rate Variability in Patients of Depression
• At the heart of harm: Cardiac substrates of action-based aversion to harm☆
• Attachment, Social Competencies, Social Support, and Psychological Distress
• Autonomic Correlates of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder in Preschool Children
• Autonomic impairment in Borderline Personality Disorder: A laboratory investigation
• Autonomic Nervous System Development and its’ Impact on Neuropsychiatric Outcome
• The Autonomic Nervous System and Functional Somatic Symptoms
• Body-Centered Interventions for Psychopathological Conditions: A Review
• A bihemispheric autonomic model for traumatic stress effects on health and behavior
• Brief Compassion Focused Imagery for Treatment of Severe Head Injury
• Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Regulation: Insights from the Polyvagal Theory
• Broad implications for respiratory sinus arrhythmia development: Associations with childhood symptoms of psychopathology in a community sample
• Can Embodied Contemplative Practices Accelerate Resilience Training and Trauma Recovery?
• Cardiac Autonomic Function and Psychological Characteristics of Heterosexual Female Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Physical Aggression
• Cardiac vagal dysfunction moderates patterns of craving across the day in moderate to heavy consumers of alcohol
• Cardiac Vagal Tone Predicts Inhibited Attention to Fearful Faces​
• Child maltreatment, autonomic nervous system responsivity, and psychopathology: Current state of the literature and future directions 
• Children’s Autonomic Nervous System Activity While Transgressing
• Childhood Maltreatment, Self-esteem, and Suicidal Ideation in a Low-SES Emerging Adult Sample: The Moderating Role of Heart Rate Variability
• Children’s sustained attention to emotional facial expressions and their autonomic nervous system reactivity during parent-child interactions
• Cultivating online therapeutic presence: strengthening therapeutic relationships in teletherapy sessions 
• Developmental patterns of respiratory sinus arrhythmia from toddlerhood to adolescence
• Diverse Autonomic Nervous System Stress Response Patterns in Childhood Sensory Modulation
• Early Adversity, RSA, and Inhibitory Control: Evidence of Children’s Neurobiological Sensitivity to Social Context
• EARLY ADVERSITY, STRESS REACTIVITY, AND POLYVAGAL RESPONSE.
• Early stress and dissociation: psychopathological pathways
• Effect of Alcohol on Vagal Regulation of Cardiovascular Function:  Contributions of the Polyvagal Theory t the Psychophysiology of Alcohol
• Effects of an attachment-based intervention in infancy on children’s autonomic regulation during middle childhood
• Emotion Regulation via the Autonomic Nervous System in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Replication and Extension.
• Emotional and Interoceptive Awareness and Its Relationship to Restriction in Young Women with Eating Disorders and Healthy Controls: a Cascade from Emotional to Behavioral Dysregulation
• Emotional Reactivity in Borderline Personality Disorder
• Exploring  a  Multifaceted  Framework  to  Support  the  Design  of Mobile  Apps  for  Self-Regulating  Anxiety​
• Fetal growth restriction: From Polyvagal theory to developmental impairments?
• A groundwork for allostatic neuro-education
• Harsh Parenting, Parasympathetic Activity, and Development of Delinquency and Substance Use​
• Heart Rate Variability in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Pilot Study
• Heart rate variability is associated with disease severity in psychosis spectrum disorders
• Heart Rate Variability Predicts Treatment Outcome in Major Depression
• Heart Rate Variability Reactivity Moderates the Indirect Link Between Child Maltreatment and Young Adult Alcohol Use Problems
• Increased Frequency of Skin-to-Skin Contact Is Associated with Enhanced Vagal Tone and Improved Health Outcomes in Preterm Neonates
• An Integrative Bio-Psycho-Social Theory of Anorexia Nervosa
• Intersections between cardiac physiology, emotion regulation and interpersonal warmth in preschoolers: Implications for drug abuse prevention from translational neuroscience
• Interoception and Autonomic Correlates During Social Interactions.  Implications for Anorexia
• Intimate Partner Stalking/ Pursuit: A Pathophysiology   of Attachment Style​
• Longitudinal Associations Between Temperament and Socioemotional Outcomes in Young Children: The Moderating Role of RSA and Gender
• Disruption of Bradycardia During Vigilance: Autonomic Cardiac Dysregulation is Prelude to Disinhibition, Hyperarousal, and Attention Bias in Combat Veterans with PTSD
• The Impact of Nutrition on the Autonomic Nervous System
• Intersections between cardiac physiology, emotion regulation and interpersonal warmth in preschoolers: Implications for drug abuse prevention from translational neuroscience
• Low cardiac vagal tone index by heart rate variability differentiates bipolar from major depression
• Maternal separation and contact to a stranger more than reunion affect the autonomic nervous system in the mother-child dyad 

• Mind Body Skills for Regulating the Autonomic Nervous System
• Mother-Infant Psychotherapy Informed by Polyvagal Theory
• Music, Rhythm and Trauma: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of Research Literature
• Neurophysiological and neurocognitive mechanisms underlying the effects of yoga-based practices: towards a comprehensive theoretical framework
• Nonverbal behaviors are associated with increased vagal activity in major depressive disorder: Implications for the polyvagal theory
• Optimizing arousal to manage aggression:  A pilot study of sensory modulation
• Parasympathetic arousal-related cortical activity is associated with attention during cognitive task performance
• A Patient’s View of the Challenges and Blessings of Her Dissociative Disorder
• Physiological contagion in parent–child dyads during an emotional challenge
• Physiological and Relational Predictors of Mother-Infant Behavioral Coordination
• Polyvagal theory, neurodevelopment and psychiatric disorders
• Polyvagal Theory and Developmental Psychopathology: Emotion Dysregulation and Conduct Problems from Preschool to Adolescence
• Porges’ Polyvagal theory and its possible impact on clinical practice: The Neo-Functionalism perspective 
• Positive association between nightmares and heart rate response to loud tones: relationship to parasympathetic dysfunction in PTSD nightmares 
• The psychological impact of SARS-CoV-2 quarantine: observations through the lens of the polyvagal theory
• Psychophysiological arousal and biased perception of bodily anxiety symptoms in socially anxious children and adolescents: a systematic review
• Radically Embodied Compassion: The Potential Role of Traditional Martial Arts in Compassion Cultivation​
• Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia, Effortful Control, and Parenting as Predictors of Children’s Sympathy Across Early Childhood
• Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Moderates the Relation between Parent-Adolescent Relationship Quality and Adolescents’ Social Adjustment
• ​Resting heart rate variability moderates the relationship between trait emotional competencies and depression
• Resting Vagal Tone and Vagal Response to Stress: Associations with Anxiety, Aggression and Perceived Anxiety Control among Youth
• The role of oxidative stress in cardiovascular disease caused by social isolation and loneliness
• Searching for Wholeness Amidst Traumatic Grief: The Role of Spiritual Practices that Reveal Compassion in Embodied, Relational, and Transcendent Ways
• Sensory Interventions for Psychiatric Crisis in Emergency Departments-A New Paradigm
• Sensory processing in internationally adopted, post institutionalized children 
• The simultaneous assessment of and relations between children's sympathetic and parasympathetic psychophysiology and their reactive and proactive aggression
• Social Cognition and Functional Outcome in Schizophrenia: The Moderating Role of Cardiac Vagal Tone
• Socioeconomic Adversity, Negativity in the Parent Child Relationship, and Physiological Reactivity: An Examination of Pathways and Interactive Processes Affecting Young Children’s Physical Health
• Soothing Your Heart and Feeling Connected: A New ExperimentalParadigm to Study the Benefits of Self-Compassion
• Support healthy brain development: Implications for Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder
• ​Therapeutic Presence: An Essential Way of Being 
• Therapeutic Presence: Neurophysiological Mechanisms Mediating Feeling Safe in Therapeutic Relationships
• Therapeutic Presence and the Polyvagal Theory
• Understanding Anxiety in Borderline Personality Disorder
• Using psychologically informed care to improve mental health and wellbeing for people living with a heart condition from birth: A Statement Paper.
• Vagal Recovery From Cognitive Challenge Moderates Age-Related Deficits in Executive Functioning​
• Yoga Therapy and Polyvagal Theory: The Convergence of Traditional Wisdom and Contemporary Neuroscience for Self-Regulation and Resilience

Physical Health

• Kolacz J, Dale LP, Nix EJ, Roath OK, Lewis GF and Porges SW (2020) Adversity History Predicts Self-Reported Autonomic Reactivity and Mental Health in US Residents During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Front. Psychiatry.
• Autonomic alterations as a clinical manifestation of encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroid disease
• Autonomic Nervous System Dysfunction in Adolescents with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Is Characterized by Attenuated Vagal Baroreflex and Potentiated Sympathetic Vasomotion
• Autonomic nervous system activity in constipation predominant irritable bowel syndrome patients​
• Chronic Physical Illness: A Psychophysiological Approach for Chronic Physical Illness
• A circuit perspective on narcolepsy
• Health and Disease—Emergent States Resulting From Adaptive Social and Biological Network Interactions
• Malfunctioning of the autonomic nervous system inpatients with chronic fatigue syndrome: a systematic literature review
• Metabolic features and regulation of the healing cycle—A new model for chronic disease pathogenesis and treatment
• Parasympathetic Reactivity in Fibromyalgia and Temporomandibular Disorder: Associations with Sleep Problems, Symptom Severity, and Functional Impairment
• Psychological Stress and Mitochondria: A Conceptual Framework
• Psychosocial Stress, the Unpredictability Schema, and Cardiovascular Disease in Women
• The role of oxidative stress in cardiovascular disease caused by social isolation and loneliness​
• School environment associates with lung function and autonomic nervous system activity in children: a cross-sectional study
• Stress and functional neurological disorders: mechanistic insights
• Using psychologically informed care to improve mental health and wellbeing for people living with a heart condition from birth: A statement paper
• When couples’ hearts beat together: Synchrony in heart rate variability during conflict predicts heightened inflammation throughout the day
• Drury RL, Jarczok M, Owens A and Thayer JF (2021) Wireless Heart Rate Variability in Assessing Community COVID-19. Front. Neurosci

Marginalized Populations--Impact of Minority Stress and Microaggressions

• African Americans’ Emotional Responses to Images of Traffic Stops
• Asylum‑seeking children with resignation syndrome: catatonia or traumatic withdrawal syndrome?
• Authoritarian Attitudes Are Associated With Higher Autonomic Reactivity to Stress and Lower Recovery
• The Autonomic Nervous System and Hypertension: Ethnic Differences and Psychosocial Factors
• 'Beyond the Floyd Narrative’: Reviewing racism through the lens of social psychiatry
• Biopsychosocial Mechanisms Linking Gender Minority Stress to HIV Comorbidities Among Black and Latina Transgender Women (LITE Plus): Protocol for a Mixed Methods Longitudinal Study​
• Call to Action: Structural Racism as a Fundamental Driver of Health Disparities
• Can racism explain the increased rates of maternal and infant mortality among African Americans?
• Cardiac afferent activity modulates the expression of racial stereotypes
• Children’s Autonomic Nervous System Reactivity Moderates the Relations between Family Adversity and Sleep Problems in Latino 5-Year Olds in the CHAMACOS Study
• Clever Girl: Benevolent Sexism and Cardiovascular Threat​
• Controlling Behaviors in Couple Relationships in the Digital Age: Acceptability of Gender Violence, Sexism, and Myths about Romantic Love
• Cultural Sexism Moderates Efficacy of Psychotherapy: Results from a Spatial Meta-Analysis
• Culture and stress biology in immigrant youth from the prenatal period to adolescence: A systematic review
• Depressed Affect is Associated with Poorer Cardiovascular
  Recovery in Young Women Following a Mental Stressor
• Discrimination, Racial Identity, and Cytokine Levels Among African-American Adolescents
• Discrimination and Hypertension Risk Among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study
• Discrimination and systemic inflammation: A critical review and synthesis
• Do Better in Math: How Your Body Posture May Change Stereotype Threat Response
• Do trait psychological characteristics moderate sympathetic arousal to racial discrimination exposure in a natural setting?
• Ecological and evolutionary consequences of systemic racism in urban ecosystems​
• The effects of crossing ethnic boundaries on the autonomic nervous system in Muslim and Jewish young women in Israel
• Embodied Stereotype Threat: Exploring brain and body mechanisms underlying performance impairments
• Emotional response to perceived racism and nocturnal heart rate variability in young adult African Americans
• Emotional Responses to Racially Disparate Policing
• Examining associations between racism, internalized shame, and self-esteem among African Americans
• Examining the Association Between Perceived Discrimination and Heart Rate Variability in African Americans
• Experiences of racism and subjective cognitive function in African American women​
• The fire this time: The stress of racism, inflammation and COVID-19
• Fragile Masculinity: Men, Gender, and Online Harassment
• Gender-based violence and trauma in marginalized populations of women: Role of biological embedding and toxic stress
• “Gettin’ on My Last Nerve”: Mental Health, Physiological and Cognitive Implications of Racism for People of African Descent
• Gut Feelings: Race and the Embodied Self: An Interview with Shannon Sullivan
• Hair Cortisol Concentration and Perceived Chronic Stress in Low-Income Urban Pregnant and Postpartum Black Women
• He Said What? Physiological and Cognitive Responses to Imagining and Witnessing Outgroup Racism
• HEART RATE AND HEART RATE VARIABILITY RESPONSES TO STEREOTYPE ACTIVATION AMONG NON-STEREOTYPED INDIVIDUALS
• Help-Seeking Barriers Among Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals Who Experience Intimate Partner Violence Victimization
• Hostile and Harmful: Structural Stigma and Minority Stress Explain Increased Anxiety Among Migrants Living in the UK After the Brexit Referendum
• Identifying Moderators in the Link Between Workplace Discrimination and Health/Well-Being
• Interactive Influences of Ethnicity, Endothelin-1 Gene, and Everyday Discrimination Upon Nocturnal Ambulatory Blood
  Pressure
• Intersections Around Ambivalent Sexism: Internalized Homonegativity, Resistance to Heteronormativity and Other Correlates
• Investigating Vigilance: A New Way to Account for the Effects of Racism on Health Inequities
• Multiple Pathways Linking Racism to Health Outcomes​
• Navigating Microaggressions in the Social Work Classroom: A Teaching Note Utilizing a Polyvagal Framework and the Application of Mindfulness Technique
• Neural control of cardiovascular function in black adults: implications for racial differences in autonomic regulation
• A Pandemic on a Pandemic: Racism and COVID-19 in Blacks
• Past-Year Racial Discrimination and Allostatic Load Among Indigenous Adults in Canada: The Role of Cultural Continuity
• Perceived Discrimination, Racial Identity, and Multisystem Stress Response to Social Evaluative Threat Among African American Men and Women​
• Perceived racism, affectivity, and C‑reactive protein in healthy African Americans: Do religiosity and racial identity provide complementary protection?
• Perceived discrimination and cardiovascular health disparities: a multi-system review and health neuroscience perspective

• The Physiological Costs of Discrimination: Review of the Literature and Empirical Study of the Relationship Between the HPA Axis and Past Experiences of Discrimination--dissertation
• Race and ethnic variation in college students’ allostatic regulation of racism-related stress
• Race Differences in Age-Trends of Autonomic Nervous System Functioning
• Racial Battle Fatigue: The Long-Term Effects of Racial Microaggressions on African American Boys and Men
• Racial discrimination, racism-specific support, and self-reported health among African American couples
• Racial Discrimination and Acute Physiological Responses among Black Young Adults: The Role of Racial Identity​
• Racial Discrimination and Telomere Shortening Among African Americans: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study
• RACIAL MICROAGGRESSIONS: RELATIONSHIP TO CARDIOVASCULAR REACTIVITY AND AFFECT AMONG HISPANIC/LATINOS AND NON-HISPANIC WHITES--Dissertation
• Racial/Ethnic Discrimination: Dimensions and Relation to Mental Health Symptoms in a Marginalized Urban American Population
• “Racism as a public health issue” APS racism series: at the intersection of equity, science, and social justice
• Racism, stress, and sense of personal control among Aboriginal Australian pregnant women
• Relationships between trauma symptoms and race-based traumatic stress.
• SAFETY INSIDE AND OUT: WHY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS FAIL TO CURB THE WORST EXCESSES OF POLICE POLICIES AND PRACTICES
• Sex Differences in the Impact of Racial Discrimination on Mental Health Among Black Americans
• Stress and Cardiometabolic Disease Risk for Indigenous Populations throughout the Lifespan
• Stress and midlife women’s health​
• Stress-Related Biosocial Mechanisms of Discrimination and African American Health Inequities
• Sympathetic neural reactivity to mental stress differs in black and non-Hispanic white adults
• Systemic Racism and Substance Use Disorders
• Systems Issues in Addressing Perinatal Equity and Structural Racism in Pregnant Women​
• Teen Dating Violence, Sexism, and Resilience: A Multivariate Analysis
• This is Your Brain on Culture
• Using  Mind-Body  Practices  to  Uproot  Unconscious  Bias  in  the Education  Profession 
• Women, Peace and Security: The Sexism and Violence Nexus
• Xenophobia and Racism Against Asian Americans During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Mental Health Implications

​Trauma

• Can Embodied Contemplative Practices Accelerate Resilience Training and Trauma Recovery?
• Childhood trauma history is linked to abnormal brain connectivity in major depression
• A Conceptual Model of the Intergenerational Transmission of Emotion Dysregulation in Mothers with a History of Childhood Maltreatment
• Developmental Adaptation to Stress: An Evolutionary Perspective
• Dissociation debates: everything you know is wrong
• Adriano Schimmenti (2015): Dissociative Experiences and Dissociative Minds: Exploring a Nomological Network of Dissociative Functioning, Journal of Trauma & Dissociation,
  
• Effects of yoga on the autonomic nervous system, gamma-aminobutyric-acid, and allostasis in epilepsy, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder
• Freeze for action: neurobiological mechanisms in animal and human freezing
• From the Shadow to the Light: Navigating Life as a Mother with a History of Substance Use and Parenting a Child Healing from Early Childhood Trauma
  
• The impact of childhood trauma and psychophysiological reactivity on at-risk women’s adjustment to parenthood
• Metabolism, Metabolomics, and Inflammation in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
• Mindfulness Intervention for Child Abuse Survivors: A 2.5-Year Follow-Up
• Music therapy versus treatment as usual for refugees diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
• The neurobiological effects of childhood maltreatment: An often overlooked narrative related to the long-term effects of early childhood trauma?
• The Role of STReSS, TRauma, and negaTive affecT in alcohol miSuSe and alcohol uSe diSoRdeR in Women
• Somatic experiencing: using interoception and proprioception as core elements of trauma therapy
• Stress Response Index for Traumatic Childhood Experience Based on the Fusion of Hypothalamus Pituitary Adrenocorticol and Autonomic Nervous System Biomarkers 
• Trauma-informed care in the newborn intensive care unit: promoting safety, security and connectedness
•  Trauma-Informed Stabilisation Treatment: A New Approach to Treating Unsafe Behaviour 
• Traumatic stress and the autonomic brain‐gut connection in development: Polyvagal Theory as an integrative framework for psychosocial and gastrointestinal pathology ​
• Two Experiments on the Psychological and Physiological Effects of Touching-Effect of Touching on the HPA Axis-Related Parts of the Body on Both Healthy and Traumatized Experiment Participants
• Understanding the victimization-aggression link in childhood: The roles of sympathy and resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia 
• Use of Mobile Technology Paired with Heart Rate Monitor to Remotely Quantify Behavioral Health Markers among Military Reservists and First Responders
• What Mindfulness can learn about Dissociation and what Dissociation can learn from Mindfulness
• Young Children’s Physiological Reactivity During Memory Recall: Associations with Posttraumatic Stress and Parent Physiological Synchrony

Interventions

• Awe
  • John Templeton Foundation. The Science of Awe. 2018.
  • Keltner, D & Haidt, J. Approaching awe, a moral, spiritual, and aesthetic emotion. COGNITION AND EMOTION, 2003, 17 (2), 297-314.
• Breathing
  • Ashwini, D & Anandraj, V. Effect of Left and Right Nostril Breathing on Heart Rate Variability among Healthy Adult Males: A Cross-sectional Study. International Journal of Physiology, April-June 2020, Vol. 8, No. 02.
  • Azher U, Srinath SK, Nayak M. Effectiveness of Bubble Breath Play Therapy in the Dental Management of Anxious Children: A Pilot Study. J Contemp Dent Pract 2020;21(1):17–21.
  • Bhagat, V. Simbak, NB, Mat, KC, & Husain, R. A Brief Review on Slow Breathing Practices and their Association with Psychophysiological effects and behavioral outcomes. Research J. Pharm. and Tech. 2020; 13(10):5012-5017.
  • Blum, J, Rockstroh, C, & Göritz, AS. Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Based on Slow-Paced Breathing With Immersive Virtual Reality Nature Scenery. Frontiers in Psychology. 2019.
  • Gerbarg, P. L., Brown, R. P., Streeter, C., Katzman, M., & Vermani, M. (2019). Breath Practices for Survivor and Caregiver Stress, Depression, and Post- traumatic Stress Disorder: Connection, Co-regulation, Compassion. OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine, 4 (3).
  • Gerritsen, RJS & Band, GPH. Breath of Life: The Respiratory Vagal Stimulation Model of Contemplative Activity. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2018.
  • Hamasaki, H. Effects of Diaphragmatic Breathing on Health: A Narrative Review. Medicines. 2020
  • He, B, Li, W, Zhang, X, Wu, Y, Liu, J, Brewer, LM, Yu, L. The Analysis of How Apnea Influences the Autonomic Nervous System Using Short-Term Heart Rate Variability Indices. Journal of Healthcare Engineering. 2020.
  • Jayawardena, R, Priyanga Ranasinghe, P, Ranawaka, H, Gamage, N, Dissanayake, D, & Misra, A. Exploring the Therapeutic Benefits of Pranayama (Yogic Breathing): A Systematic Review. International Journal of Yoga. 13(2). 2020. 99-110.
  • Jerath, R & Beveridge, C. Respiratory Rhythm, Autonomic Modulation, and the Spectrum of Emotions: The Future of Emotion Recognition and Modulation. Frontiers in Psychology. 2020.
  • Laborde, S, Hosang, T, Mosley, E, & Dossevilloe, F. Influence of a 30-Day Slow-Paced Breathing Intervention Compared to Social Media Use on Subjective Sleep Quality and Cardiac Vagal Activity. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2019.
  • Morisawa, T., Watanabe, M., Mori, H., Nishijo, K., Tomita, K., Kawamura, K., Sato, J. and Mandai, N. (2020) Can Traditional Breathing Methods Reduce Stress? Health, 12, 923-931.
  • SILVA ALG, GOULART CR, MANSOUR KMK, BACK GD, CABIDDU R, TRIMER R & BORGHI-SILVA A. 2020. Acute effects of expiratory positive pressure on autonomic cardiac modulation during spontaneous and slow deep breathing in COPD patients. An Acad Bras Cienc 92.
  • Sinha, M, Sinha, R, Ghate, J, & Sarnik, G. Impact of Altered Breathing Patterns on Interaction of EEG and Heart Rate Variability. Annals of Neurosciences. 27(2). 2020. 67-74.
  • Spiesshoefer, J et al. Effects of nasal high flow on sympathovagal balance, sleep, and sleep-related breathing in patients with precapillary pulmonary hypertension. Sleep and Breathing. 2020.
  • Srivastava, C. Saha, S, Jalajsaxena, Goel, A, Rastogi, D, Atoshkumar. Effect of Yogic Controlled Breathing Exercises on Cardiovascular Parameters. International Journal of Physiology, April-June 2020, Vol. 8, No. 02.
  • Sürücü CE, Güner S, Cüce C, Aras D, Akça F, Arslan E, Birol A, Uğurlu. A The effects of six-week slow, controlled breathing exercises on heart rate variability in physically active, healthy individuals. Pedagogy of Physical Culture and Sports, 2021;25(1):4-9.
  • Wattanapanyawechl J & Thaveeratitham, P. The Effect of Breathing Cycles Program on Heart Rate and Sleep Parameters in Healthy Young Adults. The Korean Society of Sleep Medicine. 2020.
  • Widia, C, Susanti, A, & Robby, A. Systolic and Diastolic, Before and After Doing Deep Breathing Exercise. Advances in Health Sciences Research, volume 26. 2020.
• Co-Regulation and Compassion
  • Henderson, Senka, Oakley, Jenny, & King, Donna (2020) Using cogenerative dialogue to address heightened emotions with difficult students. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 15(1), pp. 99-110.
    
  • ​Kirby, JN. Nurturing Family Environments for Children: Compassion-Focused Parenting as a Form of Parenting Intervention. Education Sciences. 2020.
  • Kling, J. THE NEUROSCIENCE OF CONNECTION: APPLYING POLYVAGAL THEORY IN FAMILY THERAPy. 2020.
  • Lunkenheimer, E, Tiberio, S, Skoranski, A, Buss, K, & Cole, P. Parent-Child Coregulation of Parasympathetic Processes Varies by Social Context and Risk for Psychopathology. Psychophysiology. 2018 February ; 55(2).
  • Linda M. Perez & Cheryl J. Sundheim (2018): Mother-Infant Psychotherapy Informed by Polyvagal Theory, Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy
  • Lucre, K & Clapton, N. The Compassionate Kitbag: A creative and integrative approach to compassion-focused therapy. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice (2020). 
    
  • Manley, R. (2016). Attachment, Trauma, and the Therapeutic Relationship. BC Psychologist.
  • Pavlik, C. (2019). Trauma-Informed Interventions for Emotional Co-Regulation. The Helen Carswell Chair in  Community Engaged Research in the Arts.
  • Pietrzak, T, Hauke, G, Lohr, C. Connecting Couples Intervention: Improving couples' empathy and emotional regulation using embodied empathy mechanisms. European psychotherapy. 2016/2017.
  • Porges, SW. LOVE: AN EMERGENT PROPERTY OF THE MAMMALIAN AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM. Psychoneuroendocrinology, Vol. 23, No. 8, pp. 837–861, 1998
  • Sanders, MR & Hall, SL. Trauma-informed care in the newborn intensive care unit: promoting safety, security and connectedness. Journal of Perinatology (2018) 38, 3–10.
  • Schauss, E, Horn, G, Ellmo, F, Reeves, T, Zettler, H, Bartelli, D, Cogdal, P, & West, S. Fostering Intrinsic Resilience: A Neuroscience-Informed Model of Conceptualizing and Treating Adverse Childhood Experiences. Journal of Mental Health Counseling. 2019.
  • Schreiber, AM, Wright , AGC, Beeney, JE, Stepp, SD, Scott, LN, Pilkonis, PA, & Hallquist, MN. Disrupted Physiological Coregulation During a Conflict Predicts Short-Term Discord and Long- Term Relationship Dysfunction in Couples with Personality Pathology. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 2020 Jul;129(5):433-444
  • Spiegel, EB & Baker, EL. The Generative Presence of Relatedness. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 62: 1–11, 2019.
  • Stewart, AM, Lewis, GF, Heilman, KJ, Davila, MI, Coleman, DD, Aylward, SA, & Porges, SW. (2013).  The covariation of acoustic features of infant cries and autonomic state. Physiology and Behavior.
  • Tabachnick, AR, Raby, KL, Goldstein, A, Zajac, L, Dozier, L. Effects of an attachment-based intervention in infancy on children’s autonomic regulation during middle childhood. Biological Psychology. 2019. 22-31.
  • Welch MG, Ludwig RJ. Calming Cycle Theory and the Co-Regulation of Oxytocin. Psychodyn Psychiatry. 2017 Winter;45(4):519-540.
  • Welch MG, Barone JL, Porges SW, Hane AA, Kwon KY, Ludwig RJ, et al. (2020) Family nurture intervention in the NICU increases autonomic regulation in mothers and children at 4-5 years of age: Follow-up results from a randomized controlled trial. PLoS ONE 15(8).
• Emotion Recognition
  • Quintana, DS, Guastella, AJ, Outhred, T, Hickie, IB, & Kemp, AH. (2012).  Heart rate variability is associated with emotion recognition: Direct evidence for a relationship between the autonomic nervous system and social cognition. International Journal of Psychophysiology.
  • Niedźwiecka, A. (2021). Eye contact effect: The role of vagal regulation and reactivity, and self-regulation of attention. Current Psychology.
  • Rigoni, D, Morganti, F, & Bralbanti, P. (2017). The Role of Baseline Vagal Tone in Dealing with a Stressor during Face to Face and Computer-Based Social Interactions. Frontiers in Psychology. 
  • ​Rodriguez, DA, Bominguez, B, Leija, G, Hernandez, MR, & Rios, LG.  (2020). Biopsychosocial effects of training in recognition, emotional facial reproduction and relaxation: A pilot study. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Psychology.
• Manual Therapy
  • ​Carnevali, L, Lombardi, L, Fornari, M, Sgoifo, A. Exploring the Effects of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment on Autonomic Function Through the Lens of Heart Rate Variability. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2020.
  • Cerritelli F, Cardone D, Pirino A, Merla A and Scoppa F (2020) Does Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Induce Autonomic Changes in Healthy Participants? A Thermal Imaging Study. Frontiers in Neuroscience.
  • Choi, JH, Lee, JH, Yoon, YS. Effects of Thermo-spinal massage treatment in a Patient with Rheumatism patient with Autonomic nervous system Dysfunction: A Case Report. Journal of the Korea Convergence Society. 2020. 331-340.
  • Chu, J, Allen, DD, Pawlowsky, S, & Smoot, B. Peripheral response to cervical or thoracic spinal manual therapy: an evidence-based review with meta analysis. Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy. 2014.
  • Fazeli, MS, Pourrahmat, MM, Massah, G, Lee, K, Lavoie, PM, Fazeli, M, Esser, A, & Collet, JP. (2020). The Effect of Massage on the Cardiac Autonomic Nervous System and Markers of Inflammation in Night Shift Workers: a Pilot Randomized Crossover Trial. International Journal of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork. 13(3). 
  • Henderson, AT, Fisher, JF, Blair, J, Shea, C, Li, TS, & Bridges, KG. Effects of Rib Raising on the Autonomic Nervous System: A Pilot Study Using Noninvasive Biomarkers. Journal of the American Osteopath Association. 2010;110(6):324-330
  • Henley, CE, Ivins, D, Mills, M, Frances, FK, & Benjamin, BA. Osteopathic manipulative treatment and its relationship to autonomic nervous system activity as demonstrated by heart rate variability: a repeated measures study. Osteopathic Medicine and Primary Care. 2008.
  • La Touche, R, Paris-Alemany, A, Mannheimer, JS, Angulo-Diaz-Parreno, S, Bishop, MD, Lopez-Valverde-Centeno, A, von Piekartz, H, & Fernandez-Carnero, J. Does Mobilization of the Upper Cervical Spine Affect Pain Sensitivity and Autonomic Nervous System Function in Patients With Cervico-craniofacial Pain? A Randomized-controlled Trial. Clinical Journal of Pain, 2012.
  • Liem, T & Neuhuber, W. Osteopathic Treatment Approach to Psychoemotional Trauma by Means of Bifocal Integration. The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. 2020. 180-189.
  • Manzotti, A, Cerritelli, F, Lombardi, E, La Rocca, S, Chiera, M, Galli, M, & Lista, G. (2020).  Effects of osteopathic treatment versus static touch on heart rate and oxygen saturation in premature babies: A randomized controlled trial. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice.
  • McKay, N, Hansen, S, & McFarlane, O. Autonomic Nervous System Changes During Reiki Treatment: A Preliminary Study. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 2004. 1077-1081.
  • Moustafa, I, Youssef, ASA, Ahbouch, A, & Harrison, Deed. Demonstration of Autonomic Nervous Function and Cervical Sensorimotor Control After Cervical Lordosis Rehabilitation: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Athletic Training. 2021.
  • Park, SG, Song, SH, Jung, JH, Joo, YL, Yang, YJ, & Lee, S. The effect of sacroiliac joint manual therapy on heart rate variability in women with primary dysmenorrhea. Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science. 2020.
  • Seifert G, Kanitz JL, Rihs C, Krause I, Witt K, Voss A. Rhythmical massage improves autonomic nervous system function: a single-blind randomised controlled trial. J Integr Med. 2018; 16(3): 172–177.
  • Sillevis, R, Fichthorn, K, & Shamus, E. The Effects of the Suboccipital Release Technique on the Autonomic Nervous System in Healthy Subjects: a Pilot Study. Journal of Rehabilitation Practices and Research. 2020.
  • Slater, H, Vicenzo, B, & Wright, A. ‘Sympathetic Slump’: The Effects of a Novel Manual Therapy Technique on Peripheral Sympathetic Nervous System Function. The Journal of Manual & Manipulative Tehrapy. 1994. 156-162.
  • Yao, SC, Zwibel, H, Angelo, N, Leder, A, & Mancini, J. Effectiveness of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine vs Concussion Education in Treating Student Athletes With Acute Concussion Symptoms. The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. 2020. 607-614
• Mind Body
  • Clapton N and Hiskey S (2020) Radically Embodied Compassion: The Potential Role of Traditional Martial Arts in Compassion Cultivation. Front. Psychol.
  • ​Ebersole, KT, Cornell, DJ, Flees, RJ, Shemelya, CM, & Noel, SE. Contribution of the Autonomic Nervous System to Recovery in Firefighters. Journal of Athletic Training. 2020.
  • Frederickson JJ, Messina I and Grecucci A (2018) Dysregulated Anxiety and Dysregulating Defenses: Toward an Emotion Regulation Informed Dynamic Psychotherapy. Frontiers in Psychology.
  • Gerbarg PL, Brown RP (2021) Mind-Body Interventions to Reduce Corona- virus Pandemic Stress and Support Long-Term Recovery. Journal of Acupuncture & Traditional Medicine. 4.
  • Gerdes, L, Tegeler, CH, & Lee, SW. A groundwork for allostatic neuro-education. frontiers in Psychology. 2015.
  • Guidolin, D, Anderlini, D, Maura, G, Marcoli, M, Cortelli, P, Calandra-Buonaura, G, Woods, AS, & Agnati, LF. A New Integrative Theory of Brain-Body-Ecosystem Medicine: From the Hippocratic Holistic View of Medicine to Our Modern Society. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019.
  • Kok, BE, Coffey, KA, Cohn, MA, Catalino, LI, Vacharkulksemsuk, T, Algoe, SB, Brantley, M, & Fredrickson, BL. How Positive Emotions Build Physical Health: Perceived Positive Social Connections Account for the Upward Spiral Between Positive Emotions and Vagal Tone. Psychological Science. 2013.
  • Larkey, L, Kim, W, James, D, Kishida, M, Vizcaino, M, Huberty, J, & Krishnamurthi, N. Mind-Body and Psychosocial Interventions May Similarly Affect Heart Rate Variability Patterns in Cancer Recovery: Implications for a Mechanism of Symptom Improvement. Integrative Cancer Therapies. 2020. 1-10.
  • Loizzo, JJ. Can Embodied Contemplative Practices Accelerate Resilience Training and Trauma Recovery? Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2018.
  • Martens, A., Greenberg, A., & Allen, J.J.B. (2008). Self-esteem and autonomic physiology: Parallels between self-esteem and vagal tone as buffers of threat. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 12, 370-389. 
  • Moore, M, Brown, D, Money, N, & Bates, M. Mind Body Skills for Regulating the Autonomic Nervous System. (2011). Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury: Arlington.
  • Price, CJ & Hooven, C. Interoceptive Awareness Skills for Emotion Regulation: Theory and Approach of Mindful Awareness in Body-Oriented Therapy (MABT). frontiers in Psychology. 2018.
  • Tarsha, MS, Park, S, & Tortora, S. Body-Centered Interventions for Psychopathological Conditions: A Review. frontiers in Psychology. 2020.
  • Villamil, A, Vogel, T, Weisbaum, E, & Siegel, DJ. Cultivating Well-Being through the Three Pillars of Mind Training: Understanding How Training the Mind Improves Physiological and Psychological Well-Being. OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine. 2019.
  • Yang, H-J, Kuh, E, Sung, M-K, & Kang, J. Changes Induced by Mind–Body Intervention Including Epigenetic Marks and Its Effects on Diabetes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2021.
• Movement and Posture
  • Akella, K, et al. (2020).  Impact of Yoga on Cardiac Autonomic Function and Arrhythmias. Journal of Atrial Fibrillation. 
  • Catherine Cook-Cottone , Anne Elizabeth Cox , Dianne Neumark-Sztainer & Tracy L. Tylka (2020) Future directions for research on yoga and positive embodiment, Eating Disorders, 28:4, 542-547.
  • Eda, N, Ito, H, & Akama, T. (2020). Beneficial Effects of Yoga Stretching on Salivary Stress Hormones and Parasympathetic Nerve Activity. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine. 19. 695-702.
  • Frank J, Seifert G, Schroeder R, Gruhn B, Stritter W, Jeitler M, et al. (2020) Yoga in school sports improves functioning of autonomic nervous system in young adults: A non-randomized controlled pilot study. PLoS ONE 15(4).
  • Goto, Y., Hu, A., Yamaguchi, T., Suetake, N. and Kobayashi, H. (2020) The Influence of a Posture on the Autonomic Nervous System and Stress Hormones in Saliva. Health, 12, 118-126. 
  • Kimoto, R, Kambayashi, I, Akizuki, A, Tsukamoto, M, Fukushi, M, & Shionoya, A. Effect of yoga on autonomic nervous system function in females. Journal of Physical Fitness & Sports Medicine. 10(1). 2021. 25-32.
  • Kumar, A & Singh, RK. Effect of yoga on autonomic nervous system of the human body: case-control study. International Journal of Health and Clinical Research. 3(11). 2020. 232-234.
  • Loizzo JJ (2018) Can Embodied Contemplative Practices Accelerate Resilience Training and Trauma Recovery?Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.
  • Lucas, AR, Klepin, HD, Porges, SW, & Rejeski, WJ. Mindfulness-Based Movement: A Polyvagal Perspective. Integrative Cancer Therapies. 17(1). 2018. 5-15.
  • Pal, A, Srivastava, N, Narain, VS, Agrawal, GG, & Rani, M. Effect of yogic intervention on the autonomic nervous system in the patients with coronary artery disease: a randomized controlled trial. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 19(5). 2013.
  • Park, HY, Jung, WS, Kim, J, Hwang, H, & Lim, K. (2020).  Twelve Weeks of Aerobic Exercise at the Lactate Threshold Improves Autonomic Nervous System Function, Body Composition, and Aerobic Performance in Women with Obesity. Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome. 29. 67-75.
  • Schmalzl L, Powers C and Henje Blom E (2015) Neurophysiological and neurocognitive mechanisms underlying the effects of yoga-based practices: towards a comprehensive theoretical framework. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.
  • Sullivan MB, Erb M, Schmalzl L, Moonaz S, Noggle Taylor J and Porges SW (2018) Yoga Therapy and Polyvagal Theory: The Convergence of Traditional Wisdom and Contemporary Neuroscience for Self-Regulation and Resilience. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.
  • Tang Y-Y, Fan Y, Lu Q, Tan L-H, Tang R, Kaplan RM, Pinho MC, Thomas BP, Chen K, Friston KJ and Reiman EM (2020) Long-Term Physical Exercise and Mindfulness Practice in an Aging Population. Frontiers in Psychology.
  • Uebelacker, LA & Broughton, MK. Yoga for Depression and Anxiety: A Review of Published Research and Implications for Healthcare Providers. Focus. 16. 2018. 95-97.
• Music & Sound
  • Auditory stimulation with music influences the geometric indices of heart rate variability in men
  • Autonomic Effects of Music in Health and Crohn's Disease: The Impact of Isochronicity, Emotional Valence, and Tempo
  • A coordinate-based meta-analysis of music-evoked emotions 
  • Effects of auditory stimulation with music of different intensities on heart period 
  • The effects of auditory stimulation with music on heart rate variability in healthy women
  • The Effects of Controlled Tempo Manipulations on Cardiovascular Autonomic Function
  • THE EFFECTS OF MUSIC THERAPY ON VITAL SIGNS, FEEDING, AND SLEEP IN PREMATURE INFANTS
  • How Can Music Influence the Autonomic Nervous System Response in Patients with Severe Disorder of Consciousness?
  • Impact of Music On Health And Disease: With Special Reference To Neurodegenerative Ailments 
  • The Impact of Sound Exposure on Heart Rate Variability in Adolescent Students
  • Infants born preterm, stress, and neurodevelopment in the neonatal intensive care unit: might music have an impact?
  • Music and Autonomic Nervous System (Dys)function
  • Music From the Very Beginning—A Neuroscience-Based Framework for Music as Therapy for Preterm Infants and Their Parents
  • Music structure determines heart rate variability of singers 
  • Music therapy intervention in cardiac autonomic modulation, anxiety, and depression in mothers of preterms: randomized controlled trial
  • The Middle Ear Muscles
  • Psychology and Music - Interdisciplinary Encounters
  • Response of cardiac autonomic modulation after a single exposure to musical auditory stimulation 
  • STUDYING THE EFFECT OF BENGALI FOLK MUSIC ON HUMAN AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM THROUGH MULTI-FRACTAL DETRENDED FLUCTUATION ANALYSIS OF HRV SIGNALS 
  • A systematic review of sound-based intervention programs to improve participation in education for children with sensory processing and integration challenges 
• Nature
  • Brown, DK, Barton, JL, & Gladwell, VF. (2013). Viewing Nature Scenes Positively Affects Recovery of Autonomic Function Following Acute-Mental Stress. Environmental Science and Technology.
  • Dillman-Hasso, N. (2021). The nature buffer: the missing link in climate change and mental health research. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. 
  • Evans, BE, Huizink, AC, Greaves-Lord, K, Tulen, JHM, Roelofs, K, & van der Ende, Jan. (2020). Urbanicity, biological stress system functioning and mental health in adolescents. PLoS ONE.
  • Gladwell, VF, Brown, DK, Barton, JL, Tarvalnen, MP, Kuoppa, P, Pretty, J, Suddaby, JM, & Sandercock, GRH. (2012). The effects of views of nature on autonomic control. European Journal of Applied Physiology.
  • Hays, S. (2019). Nature as Discourse: Transdisciplinarity and Vagus Nerve Function. Transdisciplinary Journal of Engineering & Science. 10. 18-27.
  • Janashia, K, Tvildiani, L, Tsibadze, T, Invia, N, Kukhianidze, V, & Ramishvili, G. (2020). Reactions of the Autonomic Nervous System of Healthy Male Humans on the Natural and Simulated Conditions of the Geomagnetic Field. American Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine. 8(4). 69-76.
  • Lee, MS, Lee, J, Park, BJ, & Miyazaki, Y. (2015). Interaction with indoor plants may reduce psychological and physiological stress by suppressing autonomic nervous system activity in young adults: a randomized crossover study. Journal of Physiological Anthropology.
  • McCraty, R, Atkinson, M, Stole, V, Alabdulgader, AA, Vainoras, A, & Ragulskis, M. (2017). Synchronization of Human Autonomic Nervous System Rhythms with Geomagnetic Activity in Human Subjects. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
  • Ochiai, H, Song, C, Jo, H, Oishi, M, Imai, M, & Miyazaki, Y.  (2020). Relaxing Effect Induced by Forest Sound in Patients with Gambling Disorder. Sustainability.
  • Paciência, I, et al. (2019). School environment associates with lung function and autonomic nervous system activity in children: a cross-sectional study. Scientific Reports Nature Research.
  • Reynolds, L, Rogers, O, Benford, A, Ingwaldson, A, Vu, B, Holstege, T, & Alvarado, K. (2020). Virtual Nature as an Intervention for Reducing Stress and Improving Mood in People with Substance Use Disorder. Journal of Addiction. 
  • Scott, EE, LoTemplio, SB, McDonnell, AS, McNay, GD, Greenberg, K, McKinney, T, Uchino, BN, & Strayer, DL.  (2020). The autonomic nervous system in its natural environment: Immersion in nature is associated with changes in heart rate and heart rate variability. Psychophysiology.
  • ​​Silva, TCA, et al. (2020). Comparison of the effect of two virtual reality stimuli on pressure pain sensitivity and autonomic response. Brazilian Journal of Pain. 328-32. 
  • Song, C, Ikei, H, Kobayashi, M, Miura, T, Taue, M, Kagawa, T, Li, Q, Kumeda, S, Imai, M, & Miyazaki, Y. (2015). Effect of Forest Walking on Autonomic Nervous System Activity in Middle-Aged Hypertensive Individuals: A Pilot Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2687-2699. 
  • Tao, J, Hassan, A, Qibing, C, Yinggao, L, Li, G, Jiang, M, Li, D, Nian, L, Bing-Yang, L, & Ziqin, Z. (2020). Psychological and Physiological Relaxation Induced by Nature-Working with Ornamental Plants. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society.
  • van den Berg, MMHE, Maas, J, Muller, R, Braun, A, Kaandorp, W, van Lien, R, van Poppel, MNM, van Mechelen, W, & van den Berg, AE. (2015). Autonomic Nervous System Responses to Viewing Green and Built Settings: Differentiating Between Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Activity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
  • ​Yu, CP, Lee, HY, Lu, WH, Huang, YC, & Browning, MHEM. (2020). Restorative effects of virtual natural settings on middle-aged and elderly adults. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening.
  • Yu, CP, Lin, CM, Tsai, MJ, Tsai, YC, & Chen, CY. (2017). Effects of Short Forest Bathing Program on Autonomic Nervous System Activity and Mood States in Middle-Aged and Elderly Individuals. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
• Physical Activity and Exercise
  • Hautala, AJ, Kiviniemi, AM, & Tulppo, MP. (2009). Individual responses to aerobic exercise: The role of the autonomic nervous system. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 107-115.
  • ​Li, S, Wu, Q, Tang, C, Chen, Z, & Liu, L. (2020).  Exercise-Based Interventions for Internet Addiction: Neurobiological and Neuropsychological Evidence. Frontiers in Psychology.
  • Murri, MB, Folesani, F, Zerbinati, L, Nanni, MG, Ounalli, H, Caruso, R, & Grassi, L. (2020). Physical Activity Promotes Health and Reduces Cardiovascular Mortality in Depressed Populations: A Literature Overview. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
  • ​Nagai, N & Moritani, T. (2004). Effect of physical activity on autonomic nervous system function in lean and obese children. International Journal of Obesity. 27-33.
  • Shlmojo, G, Joseph, B, Shah, R, Consollm-Colombo, FM, De Angells, K, & Ulloa, L. (2019). Exercise activates vagal induction of dopamine and attenuates systemic inflammation.  Brain, Behavior, and Immunity.

• Play and Art
  • Abbing A, de Sonneville L, Baars E, Bourne D, Swaab H (2019) Anxiety reduction through art therapy in women. Exploring stress regulation and executive functioning as underlying neurocognitive mechanisms. PLoS ONE 14(12).
  • Daniel, S.  Play therapy and Polyvagal Theory: Towards self-regulation for children with paediatric medical trauma. (2019). In, Becoming and Being A Play Therapist: Play Therapy in Practice. ed. Ayling, P, Armstrong, H, & Clark, LG. Routledge: New York. 
  • ​Gerge, A, Hawes, J, Ektof, L, & Pedersen, IN. Proposed Mechanisms of Change in the Arts- based Psychotherapies. VOICES: A WORLD FORUM FOR MUSIC THERAPY, 19(2). 2019.
  • Malchiodi, CA. (2020). Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy: Brain, Body, & Imagination in the Healing Process. The Guilford Press: New York.
  • Marks-Tarlow, T. The Play of Psychotherapy. From Clinical Intuition in Psychotherapy. 2012.
  • Marks-Tarlow, T & Haen, C. A Neuroscience Perspective on Creative Arts Therapies and Adolescent Groups. From Play and Creativity in Psychotherapy. (2017).
  • Norris, V & Lender, D. (2020). The Practitioner's Guide to Theraplay. Jessica Kingsley Publishers: Philadelphia.
  • Porges, Stephen. Play as a neural exercise: Insights from the Polyvagal Theory. Gains. 2015.
  • Saito, Y, Isogai, H, & Takahashi, D. Effects of gaming glasses on the autonomic nervous system while playing e-Sports. Autumn Conferences of Sports Science. Costa Blanca Sports Science Events. 2021.
  • Schore, A. Playing on the Right Side of the Brain: An interview with Allan N Schore. American Journal of Play, 9(2). 2017.
  • Stewart, AL, Field, TA, & Echterling, LG. Neuroscience and the Magic of Play Therapy. International Journal of Play Therapy. 2016, Vol. 25, No. 1, 4–13
  • Watanabe, K, Saijo, N, Minami, S, & Kashino, M. The effects of competitive and interactive play on physiological state in professional esports players. Heliyon, 2021.
  • Wheeler, N & Taylor, DD. Integrating Interpersonal Neurobiology With Play Therapy. International Journal of Play Therapy. 2016, Vol. 25, No. 1, 24–34
• Presence and Attunement
  • Bailey, R, Dana, D, Bailey E, & Davis, F.  (2020). THE APPLICATION OF THE POLYVAGAL THEORY TO HIGH CONFLICT CO-PARENTING CASES. Family court Review. 58(2). 525-543.
  • Cariolato, Y, Pick, E, & Palmieri, A. (2020). Skin Conductance Synchronization Among Family Members: A Systematic Review. Interdisciplinary Journal of Family Studies.
  • Geller, S. M. (2013). Therapeutic Presence: An Essential Way of Being. In Cooper, M.,Schmid, P. F., O'Hara, M., & Bohart, A. C. (Eds.). The Handbook of Person-Centred Psychotherapy and Counselling (2nd ed.), pp. 209-222. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
  • ​Geller, S. M (2013). Therapeutic Presence as a Foundation for Relational Depth. In Knox, R., Murphy, D., Wiggins, S., & Cooper, M. (Eds.)., Relational depth: New perspectives and developments. pp. 175-184. Basingstoke: Palgrave
  • ​​Geller, SM. (2020): Cultivating online therapeutic presence: strengthening therapeutic relationships in teletherapy sessions, Counselling Psychology Quarterly.
  • Geller, Shari M. & Greenberg, Leslie S. (2012). Therapeutic presence: A mindful approach to effective therapy , (pp. 179-205). Washington, DC, US: American Psychological Association.
  • Gellar, SM & Porges, SW. Therapeutic Presence: Neurophysiological Mechanisms Mediating Feeling Safe in Therapeutic Relationships. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration 2014, Vol. 24, No. 3, 178–192.
  • Hastings, PD, Kahle, S, Fleming, C, Lohr, MJ, Katz, LF, & Oxford, ML.  (2019).  An intervention that increases parental sensitivity in families referred to Child Protective Services also changes toddlers’ parasympathetic regulation. Developmental Science.
  • Hoehl, S, Fairhurst, M, & Schirmer, A. (2021).  Interactional synchrony: signals, mechanisms and benefits. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.  5-18.
  • Ulla Holck & Monika Geretsegger (2016) Musical and emotional attunement: unique and essential in music therapy with children on the autism spectrum, Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, 25:sup1, 34-35
  • Kirby, JN.   Nurturing Family Environments for Children: Compassion-Focused Parenting as a Form of Parenting Intervention. Education Sciences.
  • Manley, R. Attachment, Trauma, and the Therapeutic Relationship. BC PSyChologist. 2016.
  • Matthews, A. (2021). The importance of therapeutic  presence  for  the  pediatric  chiropractor:  “getting  into  right  relationship”. Journal of Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics.
  • Miller JG, Xia G and Hastings PD (2020) Right Temporoparietal Junction Involvement in Autonomic Responses to the Suffering of Others: A Preliminary Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 14:7.
  • Modic, KU & Avelc, G. (2015).  Helpful Aspects of the Therapeutic Relationship in Integrative Psychotherapy. International Journal of Integrative Psychotherapy. 6.
  • Pärnamets P, Espinosa L, Olsson A. 2020 Physiological synchrony predicts observational threat learning in humans. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 287.
  • Porges, SW, et al. (2019).  Autonomic regulation of preterm infants is enhanced by Family Nurture Intervention. Developmental Psychobiology.
  • Rispoli, L, Vacca, R, & Pedrelli, E. Porges’ Polyvagal theory and its possible impact on clinical practice: The Neo-Functionalism perspective. Activitas Nervosa Superior Rediviva 2018; 60(2): 67–77.
  • Wiltshire, TJ, Phillipsen, JS, Trasmundi, SB, Jensen, TW, & Steffensen, SV.  (2020). Interpersonal Coordination Dynamics in Psychotherapy: A Systematic Review. Coginitive Therapy and Research. 752-773.
  • Wood, A., Lipson, J., Zhao, F., & Niedenthal, P. (2020, September 23). Forms and Functions of Affective Synchrony. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/z46nd
  • https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254361407_Therapeutic_Use_of_Self_Theoretical_and_Evidence-Based_Considerations_for_Clinical_Practice_and_Supervision
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• Prosody, Speech and Language
  • Avdi E and Evans C (2020) Exploring Conversational and Physiological Aspects of Psychotherapy Talk. Frontiers in Psychology.
  • Frota, S & Butler, J.  Early development of intonation Perception and production. Prieto, P & Esteve-Gibert, N (ed).  The Development of Prosody in First Language Acquisition. John Benjamins Publishing Company. pp. 145–164
  • Helou, LB, Jennings, JR, Rosen, CA, Wang, W, & Abbot, KV. (2020).  Intrinsic Laryngeal Muscle Response to a Public Speech Preparation Stressor: Personality and Autonomic Predictors. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 63. 2940-2951.
  • HÜBSCHER, I, Garufi, M, & Prieto, P. (2019). The development of polite stance in preschoolers: how prosody, gesture, and body cues pave the way. Journal of Child Language. 1-38.
  • Jacek Kolacz, Gregory F. Lewis and Stephen W. Porges, The Integration of Vocal Communication and Biobehavioral State Regulation in Mammals: A Polyvagal Hypothesis. In: Stefan M. Brudzynski, editor, Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience, Vol. 25, Amsterdam: Academic Press, 2018, pp. 23-34.
  • Junge, Caroline; Boll-Avetisyan, Natalie; Benders, Titia (2019) Horst, Jessica S., Torkildsen, Janne von Koss (eds.), International handbook of language acquisition, pp. 153 - 172 International handbook of language acquisition, pp. 153 - 172.
  • Lang, A, del Giudice, R, & Schabus, M. (2020).  Sleep, Little Baby: The Calming Effects of Prenatal Speech Exposure on Newborns’ Sleep and Heart rate. Brain Sciences.
  • Lewis GA and Bidelman GM. (2020) Autonomic Nervous System Correlates of Speech Categorization Revealed Through Pupillometry. Frontiers in Neuroscience.
  • Matthews, D, Biney, H, & Abbot-Smith, K. (2018).  Individual differences in children’s pragmatic ability: A review of associations with formal language, social cognition, and executive functions. Language Learning and Development.
  • Melfson, S, Romanos, M, Jans, T, & Walitza, S. Betrayed by the nervous system: a comparison group study to investigate the ‘unsafe world’ model of selective mutism. Journal of Neural  Transmission (2021) 128:1433–1443 
  • Peppe, S. (2018). Prosodic development in atypical populations. Prieto, P & Esteve-Gibert, N (ed).  The Development of Prosody in First Language Acquisition. John Benjamins Publishing Company. pp. 343–362
  • Porges, SW & Lewis, GF. (2010). The polyvagal hypothesis: common mechanisms mediating autonomic regulation, vocalizations and listening. Brudzynski, SM (ed). Handbook of Mammalian Vocalization. Academic Press.
  • Pouw, W, Paxton, A, Harrison, SJ, & Dixon, JA. (2020). Acoustic information about upper limb movement in voicing. PNAS. 117 (21) 11364-11367.
  • Steinmetzger, K, Megbel, E, Shen, Z, Andermann, M, & Rupp, A. (2020). Cortical Activity Evoked by Voice Pitch Changes: A combined fNIRS and EEG Study. bioRxiv.
  • Tumanova V, Wilder B, Gregoire J, Baratta M and Razza R (2020) Emotional Reactivity and Regulation in Preschool-Age Children Who Do and Do Not Stutter: Evidence From Autonomic Nervous System Measures. Front. Hum. Neurosci.
    
• Safety
  • Podolan, M. Exploring the meaning of safety in psychotherapy. SFU Forschungsbulletin SFU Research Bulletin 8/2 (2020), S. 106-123
• Sensory
  • Bowman S, Jones R (2016) Sensory Interventions for Psychiatric Crisis in Emergency Departments-A New Paradigm. Journal of Psychiatry & Mental Health 1(1).
  • Gomez, IN, Lai, CYY, Morato-Espino, PG, Chan, CCH, & Tsang, HWH. Behavioural and Autonomic Regulation of Response to Sensory Stimuli among Children: A Systematic Review of Relationship and Methodology. 
  • Kaiser, EM, Gillette, CS, & Spinazzola, J. A Controlled Pilot-Outcome Study of Sensory Integration (SI) in the Treatment of Complex Adaptation to Traumatic Stress. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma. 2010. 699-720.
  • Matsumoto, T, Miyawaki, T, Ue, H, Kanda, T, Zenji, C, & Moritani, T. Autonomic responsiveness to acute cold exposure in obese and non-obese young women. International Journal of Obesity. 1999. 793-800.
  • Sutton, D, Wilson, M, Van Kessel, K, & Vanderpyl, J. Optimizing arousal to manage aggression: A pilot study of sensory modulation. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 2013. 500-511.
• Spirituality
  • Amjadian, M, Ehsan, HB, Saboni, K, Vahedi, S, Rostami, R, & Roshani, D.  (2020). A pilot randomized controlled trial to assess the effect of Islamic spiritual intervention and of breathing technique with heart rate variability feedback on anxiety, depression and psycho‑physiologic coherence in patients after coronary artery bypass surgery. Annals of General Psychiatry.
  • Anderson, MR. (2020). The Spiritual Heart. Religions.
  • Berntson, GG, Norman, GJ, Hawkley, LC, & Cacioppo, JT. (2008). Spirituality and Autonomic Cardiac Control. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.
  • Chang, KM, Chueh, MTW, & Lai, YJ. (2020).  Meditation Practice Improves Short-Term Changes in Heart Rate Variability. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
  • Davis, J. (2020). A Neurobiological Approach to an Evaluative System for Spirituality and Peaceful Living. Journal of Consciousness Exploration & Research.
  • Doehring, C. (2018). Searching for Wholeness Amidst Traumatic Grief: The Role of Spiritual Practices that Reveal Compassion in Embodied, Relational, and Transcendent Ways. Pastoral Psychology.
  • Doufesh, H, Ibrahim, F, Ismail, NA, Ahmad, WAW. (2014). Effect of Muslim Prayer (Salat) on Electroencephalography and Its Relationship with Autonomic Nervous System Activity. THE JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE.
  • Ebrahimi, A & Ghodrati, F. (2020).  Investigation of the Effectiveness of Some Complementary Medicine and Techniques Based on Religious Approach and Islamic Spirituality Therapy in Reducing Prenatal and Delivery Anxiety. Women's Health Bulletin. 7(1).
  • Lenfesty HL and Morgan TJH (2019) By Reverence, Not Fear: Prestige, Religion, and Autonomic Regulation in the Evolution of Cooperation. Frontiers in Psychology.
  • Newberg, A. (2014). The neuroscientific study of spiritual practices. Frontiers in Psychology.
  • Newberg, A. B., & Lee, B. Y. (2005). The Neuroscientific Study of Religious and Spiritual Phenomena: or Why God Doesn't Use Biostatistics. Retrieved from https://repository.upenn.edu/neuroethics_pubs/24
  • ​Pretorius, M., 2020, ‘Examining the function of neurobiology in Christian spiritual experiences and practice’, Theological Studies 76(1) ​
  • Shields, AE & Balboni, TA. (2020).  Building towards common psychosocial measures in U.S. cohort studies: principal investigators’ views regarding the role of religiosity and spirituality in human health. BMC Public Health.
  • Singh, RB et al. (2016). Mental and Spiritual Health and the Heart: A Viewpoint. World Heart Journal. 8(3).
  • Teixeira MZ. Interconnection between health, spirituality and religiosity: importance of teaching, research and assistance in medical education / Interconexão entre saúde, espiritualidade e religiosidade: importância do ensino, da pesquisa e da assistência na educação médica. Rev Med (São Paulo). 2020 March-April;99(2):134-47.
  • van Deusen Hunsinger, D. (2021).  Trauma-Informed Spiritual Care: Lifelines for a Healing Journey. Theology Today.
• Touch
  • Benjamin, BE, Werner, R, & Chellos, D. Human Touch in Our Lives. Massage & Bodywork. 2009.
  • Carozza S and Leong V (2021) The Role of Affectionate Caregiver Touch in Early Neurodevelopment and Parent–Infant Interactional Synchrony. Frontiers of Neuroscience. 
  • Dana, D. The Touch Taboo: Are We Missing a Vital Source of Healing? Retrieved from  https://www.psychotherapynetworker.org/magazine/article/2345/the-touch-taboo. 2019.
  • Eckstein M, Mamaev I, Ditzen B and Sailer U (2020) Calming Effects of Touch in Human, Animal, and Robotic Interaction—Scientific State-of-the-Art and Technical Advances. Frontiers of Psychiatry.
  • ​Field, Tiffany. Pediatric Massage Therapy Research: A Narrative Review. Children. 2019.
  • Field, Tiffany. (2014). Touch, Second Edition. The MIT Press: Cambridge. 
  • Jablonski, NG. Social and affective touch in primates and its role in the evolution of social cohesion. Neuroscience. 2020. BioMed Research International. 2017.
  • Massaccesi, C, Korb, S, Skoluda, N, Nater, UM, & Silani, G. Effects of Appetitive and Aversive Motivational States on Wanting and Liking of Interpersonal Touch Neuroscience. 2020.
  • McConnell, S. Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy: Awareness, Breath, Resonance, Movement, and Touch in Practice. (2020). North Atlantic Books: Berkeley.
  • ​Seifert G, Kanitz JL, Rihs C, Krause I, Witt K, Voss A. Rhythmical massage improves autonomic nervous system function: a single-blind randomised controlled trial. J Integr Med. 2018; 16(3): 172–177.
  • Yachi, CT, Hitomi, T, & Yamaguchi, H. Two Experiments on the Psychological and Physiological Effects of Touching-Effect of Touching on the HPA Axis-Related Parts of the Body on Both Healthy and Traumatized Experiment Participants. Behavioral Sciences. 2018.
• ​Vocal Bursts
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  • Cordaro, DT, Keltner, D, Tshering, S, Wangchuk, D, & Flynn, Lisa M. The Voice Conveys Emotion in Ten Globalized Cultures and One Remote Village in Bhutan. Emotion. 2016, Vol. 16, No. 1, 117–128.
  • Cosme, G, et al. (2021).  Pupil dilation reflects the authenticity of received nonverbal vocalizations. Scientific Reports.
  • Cowen, AS, Elfenbein, HA, Laukka, P, & Keltner, D. Mapping 24 Emotions Conveyed by Brief Human Vocalization. American Psychologist. 2019. 74(6). 6980712.
  • Gamage, KW, Dang, T, Sethu, V, Epps, J, & Ambikairajah, E. Speech-based Continuous Emotion Prediction by Learning
    Perception Responses related to Salient Events: A Study based on Vocal Affect Bursts and Cross-Cultural Affect in AVEC 2018. AVEC'18, October 22, 2018.
  • Paquette, S, Peretz, I, & Belin, P. The “Musical Emotional Bursts”: a validated set of musical affect bursts to investigate auditory affective processing. Frontiers of Psychology. 2013.
  • Paquette, S, Takerkart, S, Saget, S, Peretz, I, & Belin, P. Cross-classification of musical and vocal emotions in the auditory cortex. ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 2018. 1-9.
  • Schaerlaeken S, Grandjean D (2018) Unfolding and dynamics of affect bursts decoding in humans. PLoS ONE 13(10).
  • Simon-Thomas, E, Sauter, D, Sinicropi-Yao, L, & Abramson, A. Vocal Bursts Communicate Discrete Emotions: Evidence for New Displays. 2007. Nature Precedings.
  • Simon-Thomas, ER, Keltner, DJ, Sauter, D, Sinicropi-Yao, L, & Abramson, A. The Voice Conveys Specific Emotions: Evidence From Vocal Burst Displays. Emotion. 2009, Vol. 9, No. 6, 838–846​