| Description |
xvii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
The Norton series on interpersonal neurobiology |
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Norton series on interpersonal neurobiology.
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| Contents |
Introduction: why is there a polyvagal theory? -- Theoretical principles -- Neuroception : a subconscious system for detecting threat and safety -- Orienting in a defensive world : mammalian modifications of our evolutionary heritage. a polyvagal theory -- The polyvagal theory : new insights into adaptive reactions of the autonomic nervous system -- Biobehavioral regulation during early development -- Vagal tone : a physiological marker of stress vulnerability -- The infant's sixth sense : awareness and regulation of bodily processes -- Physiological regulation in high-risk infants : a model for assessment and potential intervention -- Infant regulation of the vagal "brake" predicts child behavior problems : a psychobiological model of social behavior -- The early development of the autonomic nervous system provides a neural platform for social behavior -- Social communication and relationships -- Vagal tone and the physiological regulation of emotion -- Emotion : an evolutionary by-product of the neural regulation of the autonomic nervous system -- Love : an emergent property of the mammalian autonomic nervous system -- Social engagement and attachment : a phylogenetic perspective -- The polyvagal hypothesis : common mechanisms mediating autonomic regulation, vocalizations, and listening -- Therapeutic and clinical perspectives -- The vagus : a mediator of behavioral and visceral features associated with autism -- Borderline personality disorder and emotion regulation -- Abuse history is related to autonomic regulation -- Music therapy, trauma, and the polyvagal theory -- Social behavior and health -- Reciprocal influences between body and brain in the perception and expression of affect -- Neurobiology and evolution: mechanisms, mediators, and adaptive consequences of caregiving |
| Notes |
"A Norton Professional Book" |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-329) and index |
| Subject |
Affective neuroscience.
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Emotions -- Physiological aspects.
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Vagus nerve.
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Vagus Nerve -- physiology.
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Emotions -- physiology.
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Heart Rate -- physiology.
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Psychological Theory.
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Psychophysiology.
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Social Behavior.
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| LC no. |
2010044408 |
| ISBN |
9780393707007 (hardcover) |
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0393707008 (hardcover) |
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