Stephen W Porges

Stephen W Porges, Ph.D.

Courtesy Professor

Department: Psychiatry – Jacksonville
Business Phone: (904) 244-3990
Business Email: sporges@ufl.edu

Publications

Academic Articles
2024
“A new measure of feeling safe: Developing psychometric properties of the Neuroception of Psychological Safety Scale (NPSS)”: Correction.
Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy. 16(4) [DOI] 10.1037/tra0001374. [PMID] 36107710.
2024
A new measure of feeling safe: Developing psychometric properties of the Neuroception of Psychological Safety Scale (NPSS).
Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy. 16(4):701-708 [DOI] 10.1037/tra0001313. [PMID] 35849369.
2024
Corrigendum to’ The vagal paradox: A polyvagal solution’ [Compr. Psychoneuroendocrinology 16C (2023) 100200].
Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology. 18 [DOI] 10.1016/j.cpnec.2024.100233. [PMID] 38736849.
2024
Impact trajectories of childhood maltreatment duration on affective and social development.
Development and psychopathology. 1-11 [DOI] 10.1017/S0954579424001214. [PMID] 39300845.
2024
The relationship between cardiac activity, behaviour and endogenous oxytocin and vasopressin in Prader-Willi Syndrome: An exploratory study.
International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology. 205 [DOI] 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2024.112429. [PMID] 39237036.
2024
Validation of the Neuroception of Psychological Safety Scale (NPSS) Among Health and Social Care Workers in the UK.
International journal of environmental research and public health. 21(12) [DOI] 10.3390/ijerph21121551. [PMID] 39767393.
2023
A study of respiratory sinus arrhythmia and stuttering persistence.
Journal of communication disorders. 102 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2023.106304. [PMID] 36738522.
2023
Appeasement: replacing Stockholm syndrome as a definition of a survival strategy.
European journal of psychotraumatology. 14(1) [DOI] 10.1080/20008066.2022.2161038. [PMID] 37052112.
2023
Association of childhood maltreatment with adult body awareness and autonomic reactivity: The moderating effect of practicing body psychotherapy.
Psychotherapy (Chicago, Ill.). 60(2):159-170 [DOI] 10.1037/pst0000463. [PMID] 36326641.
2023
Association of Self-Reported Autonomic Symptoms With Sensor-Based Physiological Measures.
Psychosomatic medicine. 85(9):785-794 [DOI] 10.1097/PSY.0000000000001250. [PMID] 37678358.
2023
Cardiac Vagal Regulation Is Impeded in Children With Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome.
The American journal of gastroenterology. 118(7):1268-1275 [DOI] 10.14309/ajg.0000000000002207. [PMID] 36716443.
2023
Differential Momentary Reports of Stress and Affect Associated With Alcohol Consumption in Middle-Aged Versus Younger Adults.
Substance use & misuse. 58(5):666-675 [DOI] 10.1080/10826084.2023.2177967. [PMID] 36852426.
2023
Editorial: Vagus nerve-mediated drive in supporting homeostasis: optimizing global health through monitoring and stimulating vagal function.
Frontiers in physiology. 14 [DOI] 10.3389/fphys.2023.1279258. [PMID] 37745246.
2023
The vagal paradox: A polyvagal solution.
Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology. 16 [DOI] 10.1016/j.cpnec.2023.100200. [PMID] 38108034.
2022
Associations between acoustic features of maternal speech and infants’ emotion regulation following a social stressor.
Infancy : the official journal of the International Society on Infant Studies. 27(1):135-158 [DOI] 10.1111/infa.12440. [PMID] 34618391.
2022
Autonomic Measures in Differentiating Depressive Disorders: A Potential AID.
Clinical neuropsychiatry. 19(1):29-38 [DOI] 10.36131/cnfioritieditore20220105. [PMID] 35360468.
2022
Breastfeeding is related to atypical autonomic and behavior regulation in infants with a history of excessive crying.
International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology. 176:119-128 [DOI] 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2022.03.012. [PMID] 35367252.
2022
Childhood Maltreatment Influences Autonomic Regulation and Mental Health in College Students.
Frontiers in psychiatry. 13 [DOI] 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.841749. [PMID] 35722547.
2022
Correction: Peterson et al. Influence of Heart Rate Variability on Abstinence-Related Changes in Brain State in Everyday Drinkers. Brain Sci. 2021, 11, 817.
Brain sciences. 12(5) [DOI] 10.3390/brainsci12050624. [PMID] 35625069.
2022
Heart Rate Variability: A Personal Journey.
Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback. 47(4):259-271 [DOI] 10.1007/s10484-022-09559-x. [PMID] 36136145.
2022
Increased Autonomic Reactivity and Mental Health Difficulties in COVID-19 Survivors: Implications for Medical Providers.
Frontiers in psychiatry. 13 [DOI] 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.830926. [PMID] 35693957.
2022
Neuromodulation Using Computer-Altered Music to Treat a Ten-Year-Old Child Unresponsive to Standard Interventions for Functional Neurological Disorder.
Harvard review of psychiatry. 30(5):303-316 [DOI] 10.1097/HRP.0000000000000341. [PMID] 35616609.
2022
Polyvagal Theory: A Science of Safety.
Frontiers in integrative neuroscience. 16 [DOI] 10.3389/fnint.2022.871227. [PMID] 35645742.
2022
Real-time facial emotion recognition deficits across the psychosis spectrum: A B-SNIP Study.
Schizophrenia research. 243:489-499 [DOI] 10.1016/j.schres.2021.11.027. [PMID] 34887147.
2021
Cardiac autonomic regulation and joint hypermobility in adolescents with functional abdominal pain disorders.
Neurogastroenterology and motility. 33(12) [DOI] 10.1111/nmo.14165. [PMID] 33991431.
2021
Cardiac vagal tone: a neurophysiological mechanism that evolved in mammals to dampen threat reactions and promote sociality.
World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA). 20(2):296-298 [DOI] 10.1002/wps.20871. [PMID] 34002521.
2021
Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Body Perception Questionnaire.
PloS one. 16(5) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0251838. [PMID] 34043660.
2021
Infants’ stress responses and protest behaviors at childcare entry and the role of care providers.
Developmental psychobiology. 63(6) [DOI] 10.1002/dev.22156. [PMID] 34196411.
2021
Influence of Heart Rate Variability on Abstinence-Related Changes in Brain State in Everyday Drinkers.
Brain sciences. 11(6) [DOI] 10.3390/brainsci11060817. [PMID] 34203005.
2021
Item Reduction, Psychometric and Biometric Properties of the Italian Version of the Body Perception Questionnaire-Short Form (BPQ-SF): The BPQ-22.
International journal of environmental research and public health. 18(7) [DOI] 10.3390/ijerph18073835. [PMID] 33917552.
2021
Polyvagal Theory: A biobehavioral journey to sociality.
Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology. 7 [DOI] 10.1016/j.cpnec.2021.100069. [PMID] 35757052.
2020
Adversity History Predicts Self-Reported Autonomic Reactivity and Mental Health in US Residents During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Frontiers in psychiatry. 11 [DOI] 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.577728. [PMID] 33192715.
2020
Family nurture intervention in the NICU increases autonomic regulation in mothers and children at 4-5 years of age: Follow-up results from a randomized controlled trial.
PloS one. 15(8) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0236930. [PMID] 32750063.
2020
Impaired Vagal Efficiency Predicts Auricular Neurostimulation Response in Adolescent Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders.
The American journal of gastroenterology. 115(9):1534-1538 [DOI] 10.14309/ajg.0000000000000753. [PMID] 32732620.
2020
Is Oxytocin “Nature’s Medicine”?
Pharmacological reviews. 72(4):829-861 [DOI] 10.1124/pr.120.019398. [PMID] 32912963.
2020
Relationships between respiratory sinus arrhythmia and stress in college students.
Journal of behavioral medicine. 43(2):308-317 [DOI] 10.1007/s10865-019-00103-7. [PMID] 31606843.
2020
Sexual function in adults with a history of childhood maltreatment: Mediating effects of self-reported autonomic reactivity.
Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy. 12(3):281-290 [DOI] 10.1037/tra0000498. [PMID] 31343207.
2020
The Covid-19 Pandemic is a Paradoxical Challenge to Our Nervous System: A Polyvagal Perspective.
Clinical neuropsychiatry. 17(2):135-138 [DOI] 10.36131/CN20200220. [PMID] 34908984.
2019
Autonomic regulation of preterm infants is enhanced by Family Nurture Intervention.
Developmental psychobiology. 61(6):942-952 [DOI] 10.1002/dev.21841. [PMID] 30868570.
2019
Autonomic response in autism spectrum disorder: Relationship to social and cognitive functioning.
Biological psychology. 145:185-197 [DOI] 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2019.05.004. [PMID] 31078720.
2019
Editorial: Heart Rate Variability, Health and Well-Being: A Systems Perspective.
Frontiers in public health. 7 [DOI] 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00323. [PMID] 31750285.
2019
Low cardiac vagal tone index by heart rate variability differentiates bipolar from major depression.
The world journal of biological psychiatry : the official journal of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry. 20(5):359-367 [DOI] 10.1080/15622975.2017.1376113. [PMID] 28895492.
2019
Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (t-VNS): A novel effective treatment for temper outbursts in adults with Prader-Willi Syndrome indicated by results from a non-blind study.
PloS one. 14(12) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0223750. [PMID] 31794560.
2019
Traumatic stress and the autonomic brain-gut connection in development: Polyvagal Theory as an integrative framework for psychosocial and gastrointestinal pathology.
Developmental psychobiology. 61(5):796-809 [DOI] 10.1002/dev.21852. [PMID] 30953358.
2018
Assessing body awareness and autonomic reactivity: Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Body Perception Questionnaire-Short Form (BPQ-SF).
International journal of methods in psychiatric research. 27(2) [DOI] 10.1002/mpr.1596. [PMID] 29193423.
2018
Cardiac vagal dysfunction moderates patterns of craving across the day in moderate to heavy consumers of alcohol.
PloS one. 13(7) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0200424. [PMID] 30016350.
2018
Chronic Diffuse Pain and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders After Traumatic Stress: Pathophysiology Through a Polyvagal Perspective.
Frontiers in medicine. 5 [DOI] 10.3389/fmed.2018.00145. [PMID] 29904631.
2018
College females with maltreatment histories have atypical autonomic regulation and poor psychological wellbeing.
Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy. 10(4):427-434 [DOI] 10.1037/tra0000342. [PMID] 29154592.
2018
Corrigendum: Chronic Diffuse Pain and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders After Traumatic Stress: Pathophysiology Through a Polyvagal Perspective.
Frontiers in medicine. 5 [DOI] 10.3389/fmed.2018.00229. [PMID] 30148133.
2018
Evaluating Sensory Processing in Fragile X Syndrome: Psychometric Analysis of the Brain Body Center Sensory Scales (BBCSS).
Journal of autism and developmental disorders. 48(6):2187-2202 [DOI] 10.1007/s10803-018-3491-3. [PMID] 29417435.
2018
Mindfulness-Based Movement: A Polyvagal Perspective.
Integrative cancer therapies. 17(1):5-15 [DOI] 10.1177/1534735416682087. [PMID] 28345362.
2018
Sensory Difficulties in Children With an FMR1 Premutation.
Frontiers in genetics. 9 [DOI] 10.3389/fgene.2018.00351. [PMID] 30233641.
2018
Yoga Therapy and Polyvagal Theory: The Convergence of Traditional Wisdom and Contemporary Neuroscience for Self-Regulation and Resilience.
Frontiers in human neuroscience. 12 [DOI] 10.3389/fnhum.2018.00067. [PMID] 29535617.
2017
Diminution of Heart Rate Variability in Bipolar Depression.
Frontiers in public health. 5 [DOI] 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00312. [PMID] 29270399.
2017
Executive Functions Impact the Relation Between Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia and Frequency of Stuttering in Young Children Who Do and Do Not Stutter.
Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR. 60(8):2133-2150 [DOI] 10.1044/2017_JSLHR-S-16-0113. [PMID] 28763803.
2017
Group Psychotherapy as a Neural Exercise: Bridging Polyvagal Theory and Attachment Theory.
International journal of group psychotherapy. 67(2):202-222 [DOI] 10.1080/00207284.2016.1263544. [PMID] 38449237.
2017
Psychiatric and psychological aspects in the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes.
American journal of medical genetics. Part C, Seminars in medical genetics. 175(1):237-245 [DOI] 10.1002/ajmg.c.31544. [PMID] 28186381.
2017
The PhysioCam: A Novel Non-Contact Sensor to Measure Heart Rate Variability in Clinical and Field Applications.
Frontiers in public health. 5 [DOI] 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00300. [PMID] 29214150.
2016
Non-contact automatic respiration monitoring in restrained rodents.
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference. 2016:4946-4950 [DOI] 10.1109/EMBC.2016.7591837. [PMID] 28269378.
2016
Optimizing Estimates of Instantaneous Heart Rate from Pulse Wave Signals with the Synchrosqueezing Transform.
Methods of information in medicine. 55(5):463-472 [PMID] 27626806.
2016
Oxytocin promotes functional coupling between paraventricular nucleus and both sympathetic and parasympathetic cardioregulatory nuclei.
Hormones and behavior. 80:82-91 [DOI] 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.01.010. [PMID] 26836772.
2015
Acoustic features of prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) ultrasonic vocalizations covary with heart rate.
Physiology & behavior. 138:94-100 [DOI] 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.10.011. [PMID] 25447483.
2015
Cardioacceleration in alloparents in response to stimuli from prairie vole pups: the significance of thermoregulation.
Behavioural brain research. 286:71-9 [DOI] 10.1016/j.bbr.2015.02.033. [PMID] 25721742.
2015
Sucrose and warmth for analgesia in healthy newborns: an RCT.
Pediatrics. 135(3):e607-14 [DOI] 10.1542/peds.2014-1073. [PMID] 25687147.
2014
Autonomic nervous system activity of preschool-age children who stutter.
Journal of fluency disorders. 41:12-31 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jfludis.2014.06.002. [PMID] 25087166.
2014
Maladaptive autonomic regulation in PTSD accelerates physiological aging.
Frontiers in psychology. 5 [DOI] 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01571. [PMID] 25653631.
2014
Reducing auditory hypersensitivities in autistic spectrum disorder: preliminary findings evaluating the listening project protocol.
Frontiers in pediatrics. 2 [DOI] 10.3389/fped.2014.00080. [PMID] 25136545.
2014
The effects of constrained left versus right monocular viewing on the autonomic nervous system.
Biological psychology. 100:79-85 [DOI] 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.05.006. [PMID] 24878321.
2013
A possible mechanism for PTSD symptoms in patients with traumatic brain injury: central autonomic network disruption.
Frontiers in neuroengineering. 6 [DOI] 10.3389/fneng.2013.00013. [PMID] 24391583.
2013
A psychophysiology of developmental disabilities: a personal and historical perspective.
American journal on intellectual and developmental disabilities. 118(6):416-8 [DOI] 10.1352/1944-7558-118.6.416. [PMID] 24432855.
2013
Atypical autonomic regulation, auditory processing, and affect recognition in women with HIV.
Biological psychology. 94(1):143-51 [DOI] 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.06.003. [PMID] 23792136.
2013
Autonomic substrates of the response to pups in male prairie voles.
PloS one. 8(8) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0069965. [PMID] 23940535.
2013
Oxytocin differentially modulates eye gaze to naturalistic social signals of happiness and anger.
Psychoneuroendocrinology. 38(7):1198-202 [DOI] 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.10.002. [PMID] 23117026.
2013
Relation between Respiratory Sinus Arrythymia and Startle Response during Predictable and Unpredictable Threat.
Journal of psychophysiology. 27(2):95-104 [PMID] 23788825.
2013
Respiratory sinus arrhythmia and auditory processing in autism: modifiable deficits of an integrated social engagement system?
International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology. 88(3):261-70 [DOI] 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.11.009. [PMID] 23201146.
2013
Respiratory sinus arrhythmia: a marker for positive social functioning and receptive language skills in children with autism spectrum disorders.
Developmental psychobiology. 55(2):101-12 [DOI] 10.1002/dev.21002. [PMID] 22212893.
2013
The biochemistry of love: an oxytocin hypothesis.
EMBO reports. 14(1):12-6 [DOI] 10.1038/embor.2012.191. [PMID] 23184088.
2013
The covariation of acoustic features of infant cries and autonomic state.
Physiology & behavior. 120:203-10 [DOI] 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.07.003. [PMID] 23911689.
2012
Peripheral oxytocin administration buffers autonomic but not behavioral responses to environmental stressors in isolated prairie voles.
Stress (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 15(2):149-61 [DOI] 10.3109/10253890.2011.605486. [PMID] 21854168.
2012
Sluggish vagal brake reactivity to physical exercise challenge in children with selective mutism.
Development and psychopathology. 24(1):241-50 [DOI] 10.1017/S0954579411000800. [PMID] 22293007.
2012
Statistical strategies to quantify respiratory sinus arrhythmia: are commonly used metrics equivalent?
Biological psychology. 89(2):349-64 [DOI] 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.11.009. [PMID] 22138367.
2012
The effects of cerebral white matter changes on cardiovascular responses to cognitive and physical activity in a stroke population.
Psychophysiology. 49(12):1618-28 [DOI] 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2012.01467.x. [PMID] 23095094.
2012
Warmth is analgesic in healthy newborns.
Pain. 153(5):960-966 [DOI] 10.1016/j.pain.2011.12.017. [PMID] 22424877.
2011
24-hour autonomic dysfunction and depressive behaviors in an animal model of social isolation: implications for the study of depression and cardiovascular disease.
Psychosomatic medicine. 73(1):59-66 [DOI] 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31820019e4. [PMID] 21097661.
2011
A novel method for extracting respiration rate and relative tidal volume from infrared thermography.
Psychophysiology. 48(7):877-87 [DOI] 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.01167.x. [PMID] 21214587.
2011
Autonomic regulation in fragile X syndrome.
Developmental psychobiology. 53(8):785-95 [DOI] 10.1002/dev.20551. [PMID] 21547900.
2011
Infant regulatory disorders: temperamental, physiological, and behavioral features.
Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP. 32(3):216-24 [DOI] 10.1097/DBP.0b013e3181e32c4f. [PMID] 21057324.
2011
Measures of infant behavioral and physiological state regulation predict 54-month behavior problems.
Infant mental health journal. 32(4):473-486 [DOI] 10.1002/imhj.20306. [PMID] 28520168.
2011
The Early Development of the Autonomic Nervous System Provides a Neural Platform for Social Behavior: A Polyvagal Perspective.
Infant and child development. 20(1):106-118 [PMID] 21516219.
2010
Autonomic predictors of recovery following surgery: a comparative study.
Autonomic neuroscience : basic & clinical. 156(1-2):60-6 [DOI] 10.1016/j.autneu.2010.03.009. [PMID] 20451468.
2010
Emotion recognition in children with autism spectrum disorders: relations to eye gaze and autonomic state.
Journal of autism and developmental disorders. 40(3):358-70 [DOI] 10.1007/s10803-009-0884-3. [PMID] 19885725.
2009
Abuse history is related to autonomic regulation to mild exercise and psychological wellbeing.
Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback. 34(4):299-308 [DOI] 10.1007/s10484-009-9111-4. [PMID] 19707870.
2009
Electroencephalogram and heart rate regulation to familiar and unfamiliar people in children with autism spectrum disorders.
Child development. 80(4):1118-33 [DOI] 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01320.x. [PMID] 19630897.
2009
Oxytocin protects against negative behavioral and autonomic consequences of long-term social isolation.
Psychoneuroendocrinology. 34(10):1542-53 [DOI] 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.05.017. [PMID] 19553027.
2009
The polyvagal theory: new insights into adaptive reactions of the autonomic nervous system.
Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine. 76 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S86-90 [DOI] 10.3949/ccjm.76.s2.17. [PMID] 19376991.
2009
Two bouts of exercise before meals, but not after meals, lower fasting blood glucose.
Medicine and science in sports and exercise. 41(8):1606-14 [DOI] 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31819dfe14. [PMID] 19568199.
2008
Accuracy of the StressEraser in the detection of cardiac rhythms.
Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback. 33(2):83-9 [DOI] 10.1007/s10484-008-9054-1. [PMID] 18379873.
2008
Open-label treatment trial of lithium to target the underlying defect in fragile X syndrome.
Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP. 29(4):293-302 [DOI] 10.1097/DBP.0b013e31817dc447. [PMID] 18698192.
2008
Oxytocin, vasopressin and sociality.
Progress in brain research. 170:331-6 [DOI] 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)00427-5. [PMID] 18655893.
2008
Physiological responses to social and physical challenges in children: Quantifying mechanisms supporting social engagement and mobilization behaviors.
Developmental psychobiology. 50(2):171-82 [DOI] 10.1002/dev.20257. [PMID] 18286584.
2007
A phylogenetic journey through the vague and ambiguous Xth cranial nerve: a commentary on contemporary heart rate variability research.
Biological psychology. 74(2):301-7 [PMID] 17055142.
2007
Accuracy of the LifeShirt (Vivometrics) in the detection of cardiac rhythms.
Biological psychology. 75(3):300-5 [PMID] 17540493.
2007
Borderline personality disorder and emotion regulation: insights from the Polyvagal Theory.
Brain and cognition. 65(1):69-76 [PMID] 17659821.
2007
Cardiac regulation in the socially monogamous prairie vole.
Physiology & behavior. 90(2-3):386-93 [PMID] 17107695.
2007
Does motor activity during psychophysiological paradigms confound the quantification and interpretation of heart rate and heart rate variability measures in young children?
Developmental psychobiology. 49(5):485-94 [PMID] 17577232.
2007
Methodological issues in the quantification of respiratory sinus arrhythmia.
Biological psychology. 74(2):286-94 [PMID] 17067734.
2007
Physiological responses of 5-month-old infants to smiling and blank faces.
International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology. 63(1):64-76 [PMID] 17056142.
2007
Respiratory sinus arrhythmia and tympanic membrane compliance predict spontaneous eye gaze behaviors in young children: a pilot study.
Developmental psychobiology. 49(5):531-42 [PMID] 17577239.
2007
Social isolation disrupts autonomic regulation of the heart and influences negative affective behaviors.
Biological psychiatry. 62(10):1162-70 [PMID] 17658486.
2007
The polyvagal perspective.
Biological psychology. 74(2):116-43 [PMID] 17049418.
2006
Asserting the role of biobehavioral sciences in translational research: the behavioral neurobiology revolution.
Development and psychopathology. 18(3):923-33 [PMID] 17152407.
2003
Heart rate and respiration in reptiles: contrasts between a sit-and-wait predator and an intensive forager.
Brain and cognition. 52(1):88-96 [PMID] 12812808.
2003
Mother-child interaction in autistic and nonautistic children: characteristics of maternal approach behaviors and child social responses.
Development and psychopathology. 15(2):277-95 [PMID] 12931828.
2003
Short-term stability of physiological measures in kindergarten children: respiratory sinus arrhythmia, heart period, and cortisol.
Developmental psychobiology. 43(3):230-42 [PMID] 14558045.
2003
Social engagement and attachment: a phylogenetic perspective.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1008:31-47 [PMID] 14998870.
2003
The Polyvagal Theory: phylogenetic contributions to social behavior.
Physiology & behavior. 79(3):503-13 [PMID] 12954445.
2002
Atypical autonomic regulation in perpetrators of violent domestic abuse.
Psychophysiology. 39(2):117-23 [PMID] 12212660.
2001
Neonatal cardiac vagal tone and school-age developmental outcome in very low birth weight infants.
Developmental psychobiology. 38(1):56-66 [PMID] 11150061.
2001
Responses to laboratory psychosocial stress in postpartum women.
Psychosomatic medicine. 63(5):814-21 [PMID] 11573030.
2001
The polyvagal theory: phylogenetic substrates of a social nervous system.
International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology. 42(2):123-46 [PMID] 11587772.
2001
Vagal modulation of responses to mental challenge in posttraumatic stress disorder.
Biological psychiatry. 49(7):637-43 [PMID] 11297721.
2001
Vagal reactivity and affective adjustment in infants during interaction challenges.
Child development. 72(5):1314-26 [PMID] 11699673.
2000
Evaluating group distributional characteristics: why psychophysiologists should be interested in qualitative departures from the normal distribution.
Psychophysiology. 37(1):21-8 [PMID] 10705764.
2000
Respiratory sinus arrhythmia during feeding: a measure of vagal regulation of metabolism, ingestion, and digestion in preterm infants.
Developmental medicine and child neurology. 42(3):169-73 [PMID] 10755456.
2000
Therapeutic effects of imipramine are counteracted by its metabolite, desipramine, in patients with generalized anxiety disorder.
Journal of clinical psychopharmacology. 20(6):615-21 [PMID] 11106132.
2000
Vagal and cardiac reactivity to psychological stressors in trained and untrained men.
Medicine and science in sports and exercise. 32(3):581-91 [PMID] 10730999.
1999
A neural explanation of fetal heart rate patterns: A test of the polyvagal theory.
Developmental psychobiology. 35(2):108-18 [PMID] 10461125.
1999
Effect of alcohol on vagal regulation of cardiovascular function: contributions of the polyvagal theory to the psychophysiology of alcohol.
Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology. 7(4):484-92 [PMID] 10609983.
1999
Sleep state and vagal regulation of heart period patterns in the human newborn: an extension of the polyvagal theory.
Psychophysiology. 36(1):14-21 [PMID] 10098376.
1998
A psychophysiological investigation of the effects of driving longer-combination vehicles.
Ergonomics. 41(5):581-92 [PMID] 9613220.
1998
Infant temperament and cardiac vagal tone: assessments at twelve weeks of age.
Child development. 69(3):624-35 [PMID] 9680676.
1998
Love: an emergent property of the mammalian autonomic nervous system.
Psychoneuroendocrinology. 23(8):837-61 [PMID] 9924740.
1998
Respiratory sinus arrhythmia during exercise in aerobically trained and untrained men.
Medicine and science in sports and exercise. 30(2):206-14 [PMID] 9502347.
1997
Emotion: an evolutionary by-product of the neural regulation of the autonomic nervous system.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 807:62-77 [PMID] 9071344.
1997
Heart rate variability: origins, methods, and interpretive caveats.
Psychophysiology. 34(6):623-48 [PMID] 9401419.
1997
Inferential and descriptive influences on measures of respiratory sinus arrhythmia: sampling rate, R-wave trigger accuracy, and variance estimates.
Psychophysiology. 34(5):613-21 [PMID] 9299916.
1997
Motivation, sustained attention, and autonomic regulation in school-age boys exposed in utero to opiates and alcohol.
Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology. 5(4):375-87 [PMID] 9386964.
1997
Relationship between changes in EMG and respiratory sinus arrhythmia in a study of relaxation therapy for asthma.
Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback. 22(3):183-91 [PMID] 9428968.
1997
Respiratory sinus arrhythmia versus neck/trapezius EMG and incentive inspirometry biofeedback for asthma: a pilot study.
Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback. 22(2):95-109 [PMID] 9341966.
1997
Vagal reactivity and affective adjustment in infants. Convergent response systems.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 807:469-71 [PMID] 9071371.
1997
Vagal regulation during bottle feeding in low-birthweight neonates: support for the gustatory-vagal hypothesis.
Developmental psychobiology. 30(3):225-33 [PMID] 9104553.
1997
Vagal regulation of heart rate in the prediction of developmental outcome for very low birth weight preterm infants.
Child development. 68(2):173-86 [PMID] 9179997.
1996
Behavioral sleep states in very low birth weight preterm neonates: relation to neonatal health and vagal maturation.
Journal of pediatric psychology. 21(6):785-802 [PMID] 8990724.
1996
Behavioral task-induced bronchodilation in asthma during active and passive tasks: a possible cholinergic link to psychologically induced airway changes.
Psychosomatic medicine. 58(5):413-22 [PMID] 8902893.
1996
Cardiac rhythm effects of .125-Hz paced breathing through a resistive load: implications for paced breathing therapy and the polyvagal theory.
Biofeedback and self-regulation. 21(2):131-47 [PMID] 8805963.
1996
Infant regulation of the vagal “brake” predicts child behavior problems: a psychobiological model of social behavior.
Developmental psychobiology. 29(8):697-712 [PMID] 8958482.
1996
Role of aerobic capacity and body mass index in the age-associated decline in heart rate variability.
Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). 81(2):743-50 [PMID] 8872642.
1995
Cardiac vagal tone: a physiological index of stress.
Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews. 19(2):225-33 [PMID] 7630578.
1995
Frontal activation asymmetry and social competence at four years of age.
Child development. 66(6):1770-84 [PMID] 8556898.
1995
Orienting in a defensive world: mammalian modifications of our evolutionary heritage. A Polyvagal Theory.
Psychophysiology. 32(4):301-18 [PMID] 7652107.
1995
Vagal tone regulation during sustained attention in boys exposed to opiates in utero.
Addictive behaviors. 20(1):43-59 [PMID] 7785481.
1994
Cardiac vagal tone and sustained attention in school-age children.
Psychophysiology. 31(1):17-22 [PMID] 8146250.
1994
Cardiac vagal tone: stability and relation to difficultness in infants and 3-year-olds.
Developmental psychobiology. 27(5):289-300 [PMID] 7926281.
1994
SPR Award, 1993. For distinguished contributions to psychophysiology: John Stern.
Psychophysiology. 31(3):217-22 [PMID] 8008784.
1994
Vagal tone and the physiological regulation of emotion.
Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 59(2-3):167-86 [PMID] 7984159.
1993
Data-dependent filter characteristics of peak-valley respiratory sinus arrhythmia estimation: a cautionary note.
Psychophysiology. 30(4):397-404 [PMID] 8327625.
1993
Hypnotic susceptibility, mood state, and cardiovascular reactivity.
The American journal of clinical hypnosis. 36(1):15-25 [PMID] 8368192.
1992
Cardiac vagal tone predicts outcome in neurosurgical patients.
Critical care medicine. 20(7):942-9 [PMID] 1617987.
1992
Effects of alprazolam and imipramine on parasympathetic cardiac control in patients with generalized anxiety disorder.
Psychopharmacology. 107(4):535-40 [PMID] 1603897.
1992
Frequency-specific amplification of heart rate rhythms using oscillatory tilt.
Psychophysiology. 29(1):120-6 [PMID] 1609023.
1992
Research methods for measurement of heart rate and respiration.
Biological psychology. 34(2-3):93-130 [PMID] 1467397.
1992
The biobehavioral interface in behavioral pediatrics.
Pediatrics. 90(5 Pt 2):789-97 [PMID] 1437409.
1992
Vagal tone: a physiologic marker of stress vulnerability.
Pediatrics. 90(3 Pt 2):498-504 [PMID] 1513615.
1991
Regulatory disorders. II: Psychophysiologic perspectives.
NIDA research monograph. 114:173-81 [PMID] 1721679.
1991
Vagal mediation of respiratory sinus arrhythmia. Implications for drug delivery.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 618:57-66 [PMID] 2006811.
1991
Vagal responsiveness to gavage feeding as an index of preterm status.
Pediatric research. 29(3):231-6 [PMID] 2034470.
1990
Vagal mediation of the effect of alcohol on heart rate.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research. 14(3):421-4 [PMID] 2378426.
1989
Cross-tolerance between systemic and epidural morphine in cancer patients.
Pain. 39(2):181-187 [DOI] 10.1016/0304-3959(89)90005-5. [PMID] 2594396.
1989
Lactate and hyperventilation substantially attenuate vagal tone in normal volunteers. A possible mechanism of panic provocation?
Archives of general psychiatry. 46(2):153-6 [PMID] 2913973.
1988
Effects of soft tissue mobilization (Rolfing pelvic lift) on parasympathetic tone in two age groups.
Physical therapy. 68(3):352-6 [PMID] 3279437.
1988
Newborn pain cries and vagal tone: parallel changes in response to circumcision.
Child development. 59(2):495-505 [PMID] 3359867.
1988
Shifts in pelvic inclination angle and parasympathetic tone produced by Rolfing soft tissue manipulation.
Physical therapy. 68(9):1364-70 [PMID] 3420170.
1988
Use of power spectral analysis of respiratory sinus arrhythmia to detect graft rejection.
The Journal of heart transplantation. 7(4):280-8 [PMID] 3049978.
1987
Atropine sulfate effects on aviator performance and on respiratory-heart period interactions.
Aviation, space, and environmental medicine. 58(4):333-8 [PMID] 3579820.
1986
The relation between rhythmic cardiovascular variability and reactivity to orthostatic, cognitive, and cold pressor stress.
Psychophysiology. 23(1):48-56 [PMID] 3945707.
1985
Changes in heart period, heart-period variability, and a spectral analysis estimate of respiratory sinus arrhythmia in response to pharmacological manipulations of the baroreceptor reflex in cats.
Psychophysiology. 22(2):195-203 [PMID] 3991846.
1985
Illinois Classroom Assessment Profile: Development of the Instrument.
Multivariate behavioral research. 20(2):141-59 [DOI] 10.1207/s15327906mbr2002_2. [PMID] 26771406.
1985
Respiratory sinus arrhythmia during recovery from isoflurane-nitrous oxide anesthesia.
Anesthesia and analgesia. 64(8):811-5 [PMID] 4014745.
1985
The relation between neonatal heart period patterns and developmental outcome.
Child development. 56(1):28-37 [PMID] 3987407.
1984
Changes in heart period, heart period variability, and a spectral analysis estimate of respiratory sinus arrhythmias during aortic nerve stimulation in rabbits.
Psychophysiology. 21(2):149-58 [PMID] 6728981.
1984
Physiologic correlates of attention: a core process underlying learning disorders.
Pediatric clinics of North America. 31(2):371-85 [PMID] 6728522.
1984
Psychopathology in infancy and early childhood: clinical perspectives on the organization of sensory and affective-thematic experience.
Child development. 55(1):49-70 [PMID] 6705633.
1984
Spectral analysis of fetal heart rate in sheep: the occurrence of respiratory sinus arrhythmia.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 148(8):1130-5 [PMID] 6711650.
1982
The effects of pharmacological manipulations that influence vagal control of the heart on heart period, heart-period variability and respiration in rats.
Psychophysiology. 19(4):426-32 [PMID] 7122781.
1982
The ontogeny of heart period patterning in the rat.
Developmental psychobiology. 15(6):519-28 [PMID] 7152119.
1981
Committee report. Publication guidelines for heart rate studies in man.
Psychophysiology. 18(3):226-31 [PMID] 7291437.
1981
Heart period variability during estrogen exposure and withdrawal in female rats.
Physiology & behavior. 26(3):535-8 [PMID] 7195595.
1981
The influence of methylphenidate on spontaneous autonomic activity and behavior in children diagnosed as hyperactive.
Psychophysiology. 18(1):42-8 [PMID] 7465727.
1980
New time-series statistic for detecting rhythmic co-occurrence in the frequency domain: the weighted coherence and its application to psychophysiological research.
Psychological bulletin. 88(3):580-7 [PMID] 7443911.
1977
Cardiac and respiratory responses during visual search in nonretarded children and retarded adolescents.
American journal of mental deficiency. 82(2):162-9 [PMID] 907007.
1976
Heart rate and respiratory responses as a function of task difficulty: the use of discriminant analysis in the selection of psychologically sensitive physiological responses.
Psychophysiology. 13(6):563-71 [PMID] 996222.
1976
Peripheral and neurochemical parallels of psychopathology: a psychophysiological model relating autonomic imbalance to hyperactivity, psychopathy, and autism.
Advances in child development and behavior. 11:35-65 [PMID] 11648.
1975
The influences of methylphenidate on heart rate and behavioral measures of attention in hyperactive children.
Child development. 46(3):725-33 [PMID] 1157610.
1974
Ovarian hormones and the duration of sexual receptivity in the female golden hamster.
Hormones and behavior. 5(4):303-15 [PMID] 4477151.
1972
Heart rate variability and deceleration as indexes of reaction time.
Journal of experimental psychology. 92(1):103-10 [PMID] 5059178.
1970
An inexpensive method for programming stimuli using magnetic tape.
Psychophysiology. 7(1):124-7 [PMID] 5492727.
1969
Respiratory and heart rate components of attention.
Journal of experimental psychology. 81(3):497-503 [PMID] 5349054.

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