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• Polyvagal Theory emphasizes sociality as the core process in mitigating threat reactions and supporting mental and physical health.
• Archive: https://archive.is/wip/EJBHK Polyvagal Theory emphasizes sociality as the core process in mitigating threat reactions and supporting mental and physical health.
• The theory clarifies the neurobiological and biobehavioral shifts that occurred during the evolutionary transition from asocial reptiles to social mammals.
• This transition repurposed the autonomic nervous system with capacities to self-calm, to spontaneously socially engage others, and to mitigate threat reactions in ourselves and others through social cues.
• Through the lens of the theory, disruptions in behavioral regulation, learning skills, language development, and mental and physical health issues are often related to a disruption of the core neurobiological process underlying sociality.