Guest: Dr. Stephen Porges, Research Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UNC-Chapel Hill
Topics: Dr. Porges’ Polyvagal Theory – a theory that links the evolution of the autonomic nervous system to the emergence of social behavior, The Listening Project – a therapy using music to reduce sound hypersensitivity in children with autism and other psychiatric disorders

Dr. Stephen Porges

Steve’s home page, with links to many articles and resources

YouTube interview: Dr. Stephen Porges, The Polyvagal Theory

The Listening Project: Tuning Into Change. Clinicaltrials.gov site

“Reducing auditory hypersensitivities in autistic spectrum disorder: preliminary findings evaluating the listening project protocol” abstract, Frontiers in Pediatrics, August 2014

“The Polyvagal Perspective” February 2007 publication

“Orienting in a defensive world: mammalian modifications of our evolutionary heritage. A Polyvagal Theory.” Original 1995 publication in Psychophysiology putting forth the Polyvagal Theory

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