Talk:Stephen Porges

Incorrect and Missing Information

A quick look around other sites stated that Dr. Porges was born in the 50s and also that his important Polyvagal Theory was proposed in 1995. The details of this article seem to be lacking and lacking in citation. I think it would be great if someone could take time to bolster this page with a little more research and added citations, as he is indeed an important person in neuropsychology. Kitkat9311 (talk) 13:41, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

The article should state whether he does or does not possess an M.D. From reputable websites it appears he has only a Ph.D. Onlinetexts (talk) 05:57, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Wall of text as lead

This is all presently a single paragraph, but here I've split out the sentences. In addition it has way too many shoehorns, which I've highlighted in bold.

Stephen W. Porges is a "Distinguished University Scientist" at the Kinsey Institute, Indiana University Bloomington and professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in North Carolina.

Prior to moving to North Carolina, Professor Porges directed the Brain-Body Center in the department of psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he also held appointments in the departments of psychology and bioEngineering, and worked as an adjunct in the department of neuroscience which he found suited him and it became his priority.

Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Dr. Porges served as chair of the department of human development and director of the institute for child study.

He is a former president of the Society for Psychophysiological Research and has been president of the Federation of Behavioral, Psychological and Cognitive Sciences (now called the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences), a consortium of societies representing approximately twenty-thousand biobehavioral scientists.

He was a recipient of a National Institute of Mental Health Research Scientist Development award.

He has chaired the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, maternal and child health research committee and was a visiting scientist in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Laboratory of Comparative Ethology.

He was awarded a patent on a methodology to describe neural regulation of the heart, and today is a lead neuroscientist with particular interests in cranial nerve responses as it relates to both animal and man in which there are specified responses that are physiological in the body.

He proposed the polyvagal theory in 1994 providing insight into the mechanism mediating symptoms observed in the brain.

The theory has stimulated research and treatments emphasizing the importance of physiological state and behavioral regulation.

Finally, the alteration between awards and posts isn't helping the reader much either.

Only a dedicated reader is presently making more than a small dent of this wall of text as lead. — MaxEnt 14:34, 26 July 2020 (UTC)

I made a start and shortened the introduction. I found the websites of two universities that mention him as a professor.Schutz67 (talk) 08:40, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

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Stephen Porges re: paragraph 3:

There needs to be an edit to the sentence 'He proposed the still-unproven polyvagal theory in 1994, which is not endorsed by current social neuroscience.' That sentence - along with the references - is ambiguous. The references ask for page citations - but there are none - simply because Porges is not cited. I suggest the following:

He proposed the still-unproven polyvagal theory in 1994, which is not endorsed by current social neuroscience. There is no mention of Porges or ‘polyvagal theory’ in Social Neuroscience: Brain, Mind, and Society.[1] Porges is mentioned in The Oxford Handbook of Social Neuroscience[2] although his ‘polyvagal theory’ is only referred to in a chapter co-authored by him.[3] Nor is there any reference to him or ‘polyvagal theory’ in other major social neuroscience publications.[4][5][6][7][8]

1. Schutt, Russell K., Seidman, Larry J., & Keshavan, Matcheri S. (2015). Social Neuroscience: Brain, Mind, and Society. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-72897-4 2. Decety, Jean, & Cacioppo, John T. (Eds.). (2011). The Oxford Handbook of Social Neuroscience. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199940660 3. Carter, C. Sue, & Porges, Stephen W. (2012). The Neurobiology of Social Bonding and Attachment. In John T. Cacioppo & J. Decety (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Social Neuroscience (Chap 9, pp.151–163). 4. Todorov, Alexander; Fiske, Susan; Prentice, Deborah (2011). Social Neuroscience: Toward Understanding the Underpinnings of the Social Mind. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-972406-2. 5. Ward, Jamie (2016). The Student's Guide to Social Neuroscience. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-1-317-43918-9. 6. Litfin, Karen T.; Berntson, Gary G. (2006). Social Neuroscience: People Thinking about Thinking People. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-03335-0. 7. Baron-Cohen, Simon; Tager-Flusberg, Helen; Lombardo, Michael (2013). Understanding Other Minds: Perspectives from Developmental Social Neuroscience. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-969297-2. 8. Cacioppo, Stephanie; Cacioppo, John T. (2020). Introduction to Social Neuroscience. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-16727-5.

Note: given the text that ‘there is no mention’, the current notations ‘[page needed]’ is inappropriate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PaulMacneill (talk • contribs) 16:32, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Education?

Presumably, Mr Porges was educated - does anyone knw where, what degrees, and what licenses he holds? Thank you for your time, Wordreader (talk) 17:26, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

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Please assume good faith; being an SPA is *not* a reason to revert without good cause. It is enough to give extra scrutiny to their edits. Mathglot (talk) 09:28, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

PVT - should "pseudoscientific" be included?

Shouldn't PVT be called pseudoscientific in this article? This article seems to be unwaveringly supportive of PVT. It claims that PVT "has had a broad clinical influence, offering linguistic framing and conceptual and descriptive texture to phenomena observed in clinical and therapeutic contexts." While it mentions that "social neuroscientists" have critiqued PVT, the study cited (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12937499/) was written by 35+ researchers; clearly not all of them are social neuroscientists. This should be adapted. The Wikipedia article also says "Porges has responded to these claims." I find it very problematic that an article written by 35+ scientists, which indicates (at least a sprouting if not final) scientific consensus, is rebutted in this article with a short "Porges has responded (...)", implying that the two publications are at the same level of scrutiny. Please note that Porges' response was written only by himself, which should be an indication that scientific consensus is clearly on his critics' side (https://www.clinicalneuropsychiatry.org/download/when-a-critique-becomes-untenable-a-scholarly-response-to-grossman-et-al-s-evaluation-of-polyvagal-theory/). ~2026-38191-70 (talk) 11:02, 5 July 2026 (UTC)