SPP Institute


Research · Publishing · Education

SPP Institute is a research, scholarly publishing, and educational initiative of NeuroCentrum, s.r.o. The initials SPP stand for Somato-Psychic Pathway, the framework that gave the Institute its name and remains central to its research programme. This is its official website, spp.institute.

SPP Institute develops clinically grounded, scientifically testable frameworks in somato-psychic, autonomic, axial, and neurodevelopmental science.

Research programme

Areas of conceptual development

Somato-Psychic Pathway

Formal development of the relationship between somatic structural–functional integrity, autonomic regulation, and the emergence of mind.

Persistent Afferent Bias

Mechanistic modelling of persistent peripheral input and state-dependent changes in sensory weighting and regulation.

Axial organization

Terminology and hypotheses concerning axial biomechanics, afferent function, and the Axial Organ framework.

Neurodevelopment

Integration of autonomic, sensorimotor, interoceptive, and developmental perspectives.

Institutional identity

SPP Institute

SPP Institute is the research, publishing, and educational unit of NeuroCentrum, s.r.o. Its work focuses on the precise formulation, transparent evidence status, and empirical testability of clinically grounded concepts.

Organizational information