https://mindlab-blog-drafts.pages.dev/tags/polyvagal/Recent content in Polyvagal on MindLAB Neuroscience — Draft ReviewHugo -- 0.156.0en-us2026 Dr. Sydney Ceruto — MindLAB NeuroscienceTue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mindlab-blog-drafts.pages.dev/posts/vagal-tone-social-engagement/Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mindlab-blog-drafts.pages.dev/posts/vagal-tone-social-engagement/<h1 id="vagal-tone-and-social-engagement-why-your-nervous-system-decides-whether-you-can-connect">Vagal Tone and Social Engagement: Why Your Nervous System Decides Whether You Can Connect</h1> <p><img alt="Isolated neural architecture in deep navy with copper filaments — Dr. Sydney Ceruto, MindLAB Neuroscience." loading="lazy" src="https://mindlab-blog-drafts.pages.dev/images/posts/vagal-tone-social-engagement-hero.webp"></p> <p>Vagal tone — the strength of your parasympathetic vagus nerve output — is the biological substrate of social engagement. It decides whether your nervous system can downshift from sympathetic mobilization into genuine connection, or whether you remain locked in a high-functioning performance state that mimics presence without delivering it.</p>