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Vagus Nerve and Polyvagal Theory

Dr. Stephen W. Porges, PhD had developed the traditional thought of the vagus nerve as merely being parasympathetic in nature to being an afferent system much more deeply involved in our survival.  This module traces the vagus nerve from its unmyelinated components to its myelinated components with vastly different purposes.  Dr. Porges develops the idea of neuroception and interoception and links this idea with social integration, all of which the vagus is the keystone apparatus.

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