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testing for autism evaluates behavior and defines different kinds of autism, but does not consider the underlying physiological factors in terms of Porges's new interpretation of the function of the autonomic nervous system. As a result, treatments have mostly focused on training the parents to try to

ncing, and vibrating. More importantly, I experienced an improvement in my hearing and in my ability to hear speech more clearly. At his lectures, Porges presented inspiring videos showing some of the changes in the children and how, when they could understand what was being said, they emerged from t

2 a scientist friend of mine, if he knew Stephen and could introduce me to him. Luckily, on my next trip to the United States to visit my family in Philadelphia, Stephen Porges was giving a lec- ture in Baltimore for the American Association of Body Psychotherapists. Jim was in Washington, DC, and all three

Polyvagal Theory in my clinical practice and in my teaching. When I went home to Denmark, I could not set up a lab to do the kind of testing that Porges had done, and I did not have access to his process of testing and acoustic stimulation. But I decided to work with certain clients on the autism sp

rsubjectivity before language: Three windows on preverbal sharing. In S. BrAten (Ed.), On being moved: From mirror neurons to empathy (pp. 149-174). Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamin. Narayanan, V. H. (2014). Reconceptualizing the Separative Self. InInterdisciplinary Perspectives on Consciousness and the Self

of the phylogenetic system (the vagus nerve in particular) on neural structures regulating the heart and consequently behavior. 11 EFTA00284154 Porges states that when children feel unsafe, their behavioral response exists on a visceral level in the nervous system, which he calls "neuroception" or