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Nav_Panel | 1 year ago

I really wish these articles cited more primary sources. I would love (and prefer) to review the empirical work that led to the communicated understanding of these systems.

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jimiray|1 year ago

Look up Polyvagal Theory by Stephen Porgess.

https://www.stephenporges.com/

mkl|1 year ago

From the article:

> However, some people have taken the vagus nerve’s expansive bodily influence as an invitation to engage in pseudoscience. In some corners of the internet, so-called polyvagal therapy — physical or breathing exercises that some claim reset the vagus nerve — is proposed to address(opens a new tab) just about any disorder of the mind or body. There’s little to no evidence that these popular remedies are anything but placebos.

GavinMcG|1 year ago

Isn’t that what the article specifically says lacks scientific support? Thus why the comment is hoping for primary sources.

throaway827|1 year ago

but is the polyvagal theory backed up by concrete scientific evidence? i’ve heard tons about it but practitioners never seem to have real statistics about it all. i thought that the polyvagal theory has never been actually proven?