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Social interaction is an evolutionary requirement for human psychological and physiological regulation.

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Is it true that social interaction is an evolutionary requirement for human psychological and physiological regulation?

Yes. Multiple frameworks, including Social Baseline Theory and Polyvagal Theory, demonstrate that human psychological and physiological systems are evolutionarily adapted to operate interdependently and require social interaction for effective regulation.

Verdict: SUPPORTED · 6 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

The analysis

The retrieved papers heavily support the claim. Social Baseline Theory (papers 0, 1, 2, 5) posits that the human brain and physiological systems naturally expect and incorporate social relationships to regulate effort, risk, and neural threat responses. Similarly, Polyvagal Theory (paper 4) links autonomic regulation directly to social behavior and safety detection, while developmental literature (paper 11) confirms the physiological reality of coregulation. There is no contradictory evidence in the retrieved literature.

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Social Baseline Theory: The Social Regulation of Risk and Effort
2014
Coan and Sbarra outline Social Baseline Theory, arguing that the human brain expects access to social relationships to mitigate risk and physiological effort.
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Coan, J. & Sbarra, D. (2014). Social Baseline Theory: The Social Regulation of Risk and Effort. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.COPSYC.2014.12.021

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A Developmental Neuroscience of Borderline Pathology: Emotion Dysregulation and Social Baseline Theory
2011
This paper applies Social Baseline Theory to borderline personality pathology, noting that healthy human functioning depends on adequate social support and interdependent biological systems.
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Hughes, A., Crowell, S. E., Uyeji, L. L., & Coan, J. (2011). A Developmental Neuroscience of Borderline Pathology: Emotion Dysregulation and Social Baseline Theory. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-011-9555-x

Cognitive Processes Unfold in a Social Context: A Review and Extension of Social Baseline Theory
2020
This review extends Social Baseline Theory by demonstrating that social context is innate to resource-dependent cognitive, neural, and physiological processes.
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Gross, E. B. & Medina-DeVilliers, S. E. (2020). Cognitive Processes Unfold in a Social Context: A Review and Extension of Social Baseline Theory. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00378

Polyvagal theory: a journey from physiological observation to neural innervation and clinical insight
2025
Polyvagal theory provides an integrative model of autonomic regulation emphasizing the role of the ventral vagal complex in social behavior and the neural detection of safety.
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Porges, S. W. (2025). Polyvagal theory: a journey from physiological observation to neural innervation and clinical insight. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1659083

Yielding to social presence as a bioenergetic strategy
2021
Experimental findings demonstrate that relational partners decrease threat-related neural responses (e.g., in the prefrontal cortex and insula), illustrating social bioenergetic regulation.
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Gonzalez, M. Z., Coppola, A. M., Allen, J., & Coan, J. (2021). Yielding to social presence as a bioenergetic strategy. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CRESP.2021.100010

The typical and atypical development of dynamic self-regulation and coregulation of respiratory sinus arrhythmia in mothers and children across early childhood.
2026
Research on mother-child dyads shows that parents externally regulate young children's physiological rhythms (such as respiratory sinus arrhythmia), illustrating coregulation across early development.
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J, S., L, L., SM, C., & E, L. (2026). The typical and atypical development of dynamic self-regulation and coregulation of respiratory sinus arrhythmia in mothers and children across early childhood.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1093/chidev/aacag033

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