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| Stephen Porges | |
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| Born | Stephen W. Porges 1945 (age 79–80) New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan; US |
| Known for | Polyvagal theory |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology |
| Institutions | Indiana University, University of North Carolina |
Stephen W. Porges (born 1945) is an American psychologist. He is the Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Porges is currently the Director of the Kinsey Institute Traumatic Stress Research Consortium at Indiana University Bloomington, which studies trauma.
He was previously a professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago, where he was director of the Brain-Body Center at the College of Medicine, and at the University of Maryland.
He proposed the still-unproven polyvagal theory in 1994, which is not endorsed by current social neuroscience.
Porges is currently a psychologist with interests in cranial nerve responses, particularly as they relate to both humans and animals.
Personal life
He is married to scientist C. Sue Carter, and has two children: Eric Carter Porges and Seth Porges.
References
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, accessed March 1, 2022
- Indiana University Bloomington, accessed March 1, 2022
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