Introduction activity

Read Lagos and Fuhs' original article "Am I safe?" and identify:

• Main concepts
• Polyvagal Theory Main statements
• Three phylogenetic stages of this Theory and Neurobehavioral characteristics of each one
• How this concepts can be used in a daily life context as well as in your professional activity

Download this relaxation technique and listen it

In groups of three respond the follow questions (you should to use one of this reading, writing and thinking tools to integrate your responses):

What physiological changes do you experience during and at the end of this experience?
Explain this changes using polivagal theory statements
What kinds of problems can be adressed using this relaxation technique

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY

Visit this wetpaint site and see this video and make an essay about practical applications of Psysyological principles, include references from at least three scientific articles and a personal conclusion at the end (the whole work do not exceed three pages and no less than two)

WELCOME

HI!

This is a warm welcome to all of you that suffer, study or treat pain, mainly chronic pain.

This blog, altough is focuse on pain, also includes information about psychophysiological responses and its alterations like anxiety disorders and depression.

So we are sharing information, research articles, surveys, treatments' studies and so on.

I hope this blog will be usefull for all of you.

Stay on touch!

Gerardo Jerry Ruvalcaba