Stephen W. Porges, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychiatry, Bioengineering, Director of the Brain-Body Center
Integrative Systems, Cognition/Learning
Neurobiology of socio-emotional behaviors focusing on brain-autonomic-behavior interactions. Developing new biobehavioral assessments and treatments for clinical disorders including autism, depression, anxiety, and difficult infants.
Selected references
- Porges SW. The polyvagal perspective. Biol Psychol. 2007 Feb;74(2):116-43. ew.
- Asserting the role of biobehavioral sciences in translational research: the behavioral neurobiology revolution. Dev Psychopathol. 2006 Summer;18(3):923-33.
- Grippo AJ, Lamb DG, Carter CS, Porges SW. Social isolation disrupts autonomic regulation of the heart and influences negative affective behaviors. Biol Psychiatry. 2007 Nov 15;62(10):1162-70.