children feel unsafe, their behavioral response exists on a visceral level in the nervous system, which he calls "neuroception" or "gut response." Neuroception is the nervous system's way of evaluating risk and tracking danger. When it detects safety, the physiological response of the body resembles what w

ongoing process through which our autonomic nervous system evaluates information from our senses about our environment and the state of our body. Neuroception takes place in the primitive parts of the brain, beyond our conscious awareness. It can be likened to a good watchdog that is always on guard, allo