Stephen Porges

Polyvagal Theory

Explains how the autonomic nervous system organises safety, connection, and state-dependent functioning.

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Daniel J. Siegel

Interpersonal Neurobiology

Integrates brain, body, emotion, and relational context into a unified understanding of human development.

 

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Russell A. Barkley

Executive Function and Self-Regulation

Demonstrates how self-regulation shapes attention, inhibition, behavioural control, and learning access.

 

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Norman Doidge

Neuroplasticity

Demonstrates how repeated experience reshapes neural organisation over time.

 

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Self-Scaffolding integrates these convergent scientific perspectives into a structural model for understanding how biological regulation may influence cognitive access and adaptive functioning across contexts.

 

While state-dependent effects have been explored across multiple areas of research, Self-Scaffolding focuses on how changes in regulation relate to attention, reflection, decision-making, learning, and everyday functioning. The framework applies these principles to real-world human contexts and provides practical methods for recognising and responding when cognitive resources become less available.

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