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Polyvagal Contributions to Mammalian Consciousness "'The Polyvagal Theory proposes that the evolutionary shift resulting in both a NA that is distinct from the DMNX and the development of special visceral efferents changed the role of the vagus... The special visceral efferent pathways from the NA create an active voluntary motor system associated with the conscious functions of attention, motion, emotion, and communication, and, thus, a smart vagus'

Stephen Porges (1995)"