polyvagal theory

Michael Behar – Can the Nervous System Be Hacked?

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I Tuesday I shared the Bessel van der Kolk article from the New York Times Magazine. From the same issue is this article on how we are learning to “hack” the nervous system to turn on the immune system and to change brain states. Another recent article, “How the ‘Gut Feeling’ Shapes Fear,” identified the … Read more

How the ‘Gut Feeling’ Shapes Fear

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Via Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, this press release looks at new research on how the vagus nerve is part of our innate fear and anxiety systems. Nice to this being studied and published in a major journal, but Stephen Porges‘ polyvagal theory outlined this years ago. Below the press release from ETH Zurich, there is … Read more