By Anil Seth — 2016
It looks like scientists and philosophers might have made consciousness far more mysterious than it needs to be.
Read on aeon.co
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We innately long for feelings of safety, trust, and comfort in our connections with others and quickly pick up cues that tell us when we may not be safe.
The psychiatry professor on the polyvagal theory he developed to understand our reactions to trauma.
[Porges'] widely-cited polyvagal theory contends that living creatures facing or sensing mortal danger will immobilize, even “play dead,” as a last resort.