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3 papers

Polyvagal Theory: A Science of Safety

Stephen W. Porges

This 2022 paper by Stephen Porges presents Polyvagal Theory as a way to study how feelings of safety come from the body's nervous system. It proposes that safety is not just a mood but has measurable brain–body signals. The paper explains neural pathways (like the ventral vagal complex and a…

Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

Revealing the Complexity of Fatigue: A Review of the Persistent Challenges and Promises of Artificial Intelligence

Thorsten Rudroff
Brain Sciences Summary & key facts 2024 17 citations

This review explains why fatigue is hard to study and how artificial intelligence (AI) might help. Fatigue is a personal, subjective feeling that shows up in many ways and comes from many interacting body systems. That makes it hard to measure, compare across people, and link to clear biological causes.…

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control Occupational Health and Safety Research

Editorial: Fatigue: physiology and pathology

Sławomir Kujawski, Paweł Zalewski, Lynette Hodges, Jo Nijs, Julia L. Newton

This editorial pulls together recent research on fatigue. It notes that fatigue is common, can come from body or brain processes, and can be mild in healthy people or very disabling in illnesses like ME/CFS, long COVID, and MS. The authors report specific numbers from large reviews, describe studies on…

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
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