Several of the less clearly defined aspects of S. Schachter and J. Singer's (1962) cognition-
arousal theory of emotion are clarified, and empirical evidence pertaining to 3 major …

The social interaction test in rats provides a method for detecting anxiolytic activity that does
not use food or water deprivation, or electric shock, and therefore obviates difficulties of …

Response expectancies, defined as expectancies of the occurrence of nonvolitional
responses, have generally been ignored in theories of learning. Research on placebos …

There is growing interest in zebrafish as a model organism in behavioral pharmacology
research. Several anxiety behaviors have been characterized in zebrafish, but the effect of …

The purpose of this book is to describe a step-by-step treatment protocol for panic disorder.
Two developments made this book both possible and necessary. First, the development of …

Recent research on the processes underlying musical performance anxiety indicates that
cognitive and physiological factors are both involved. The cognitive disturbances centre …

Stage fright, physiologically the “fight or flight” reaction, is a disabling condition to the
professional musician. Because it is mediated by the sympathetic nervous system, we have …

Biological psychiatry has dominated psychiatric thinking for the past 40 years, but the
knowledge base of the discipline has increased substantially more recently, particularly with …

The development of agents capable of pro-ducing selective blockade of beta-adrenoceptors
has proved to be one of the most fruitful, informative, and therapeutically exciting …

Many individuals with a history of psychological trauma continue to react to current life
stresses as a recurrence of the original trauma, even though they rarely make a conscious …