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The polyvagal hypothesis: common mechanisms mediating autonomic regulation, vocalizations and listening

S. Porges, Gregory F. Lewis

2010Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience

DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-374593-4.00025-5

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The chapter presents the polyvagal hypothesis as a new way to interpret adaptive functions and acoustic features of mammalian vocalizations, and the perceptual advantage that mammals have by vocalizing within a frequency band optimized by the physics of the middle ear.

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PORGES, S.; LEWIS, Gregory F. The polyvagal hypothesis: Common mechanisms mediating autonomic regulation, vocalizations and listening. Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience, 2010, 19: 255–264.