Show Me the Science

Every concept on this page carries a status label. These labels distinguish what is supported by research, what is developing, what is debated, what is Recalibrate's educational synthesis, what is metaphor, and what still requires direct validation.

Recalibrate does NOT use memory science to:

• challenge someone's testimony
• declare a memory false
• recover hidden memories
• construct unverified historical explanations

Past experience can influence current responses without requiring the person to construct a trauma explanation.

Traumatic experiences can affect psychological and physiological functioning.

But Recalibrate does NOT assume that:

• appeasement
• avoidance
• anger
• withdrawal
• control
• perfectionism
• reassurance-seeking

proves trauma.

Trauma-related conditions require appropriate professional assessment.

Polyvagal theory has influenced trauma-informed, therapeutic and wellbeing communities. Some aspects have generated substantial interest.

Important aspects of its proposed mechanisms and interpretations remain scientifically debated.

Therefore, Recalibrate does NOT use polyvagal theory as the scientific foundation for:

• NCRM™
• Regulation Compass
• Fire Alarm Framework™
• Human Operating System™

Recalibrate does NOT teach:

• ventral vagal = safe
• sympathetic = fight/flight
• dorsal vagal = shutdown

as a universal diagnostic map.

The amygdala contributes to multiple processes relevant to learning, salience, emotion and threat-related processing.

It is not another name for the amygdala.

Recalibrate does NOT display a brain diagram pointing to the amygdala labelled:

ALARM SYSTEM

Research examining neural activity preceding voluntary movement has generated important questions about conscious awareness, intention, and voluntary action.

It does NOT justify the simple claim:

"YOUR BRAIN DECIDES BEFORE YOU DO."

and does NOT establish that free will has been disproved.

Recalibrate's safe teaching point is:

Do not overclaim the neuroscience.

Emotions can provide information about:

• needs
• goals
• threat
• loss
• reward
• relationships
• values
• other aspects of experience

But emotion alone does not determine what behaviour should follow.

Do not imply emotion is irrational noise.

Transparency about what Recalibrate claims, the type of claim, the evidence basis, the limitation, and the status.

Select a Recalibrate concept to see its type, research connection, and meaning. This is a signature transparency feature.

Recalibrate intends to support independent review of:

• scientific claims
• educational interpretations
• evidence selection
• framework boundaries

Until reviewers are formally appointed:

Do not imply endorsement.

Recalibrate's creator(s) have an interest in the development and success of the framework.

Future research should disclose:

• funding
• commercial interests
• author involvement
• researcher independence
• data ownership
• relevant conflicts

Do NOT invent current commercial arrangements.

Do not dismiss lived experience.

Lived experience can be highly valuable for:

• design
• language
• acceptability
• accessibility
• identifying unmet needs
• generating research questions

But lived experience and controlled scientific evidence answer different questions.

• · Does NCRM™ improve people's ability to recognise internal responses?
• · Does practice increase decision space in measurable ways?
• · Which parts are most useful?
• · For whom?
• · In which contexts?
• · Does the ReCalibrate App improve skill acquisition compared with education alone?
• · Do benefits persist?
• · What unintended effects occur?
• · Does the framework work differently across populations?
• · What level of facilitation is useful?

1. RESEARCH

   What scientific literature tells us.

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2. SYNTHESIS

   How Recalibrate organises useful concepts.

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3. EDUCATION

   How those concepts are explained.

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4. PRACTICE

   How people are invited to use them.

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5. EVALUATION

   What must be tested.