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PVT is a lens or a perspective that can help to frame our inquiry. It is not however a static theory.
PVT gives us a context to understand movement “toward or away from people, places, and things”
Joy makes ventral vagal more accessible!
Autonomic states allow for different types of behavior
Focus on stimulus-response is typical, but what about intervening variables?
The autonomic nervous system has 2 branches of response, but polyvagal theory expands that to 3 potential hierarchal responses.
The ANS has the ability to bring calm, to spontaneosly engage with others, and to navigate threat responses through social cues.
Neuroception distinguishes safe from dangerous