Social Engagement System
The social engagement system links face and head muscles, vocal expression, hearing, and vagal heart regulation. The nervous system responds strongly to tone and delivery, often more than literal words. Humans can regulate one another's ph…
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The social engagement system links face and head muscles, vocal expression, hearing, and vagal heart regulation. The nervous system responds strongly to tone and delivery, often more than literal words. Humans can regulate one another's physiological states through signals of safety. When the body feels safe, facial animation, vocal tone, and middle ear function change in ways that support social connection. Productive intellectual debate requires a physiological state of safety.