Harvard psychiatrist Nancy Rappaport often navigates challenging clinical problems by leaning on established theory. Lately ...

Before language, there was sound. Before logic, there was rhythm. And before we understand what someone is saying, our nervous system is already listening—sorting the frequencies, decoding the ...

Porges, S. W. (2001). The polyvagal theory: Phylogenetic substrates of a social nervous system. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 42(2), 123–146. Michael Allison is a polyvagal ...

The sympathetic nervous system becomes more active during times of stress, and for some people, this activation can become excessive or prolonged.

While it is often overshadowed by its high-alert counterpart, the sympathetic nervous system, the PSNS has a powerful role in ...