ABSTRACT \: A comprehensive underStandingof stage fright will better enable teachets and.:researcherS to select the `'most appropriate "cure" and to. determine'those'casea in,whictrspeech training will help reduce stage frightor-other-states of:communicatiOn apprehension. Attemptsto'underatand stage fright have focused. three.psyChologiCal theories bf emotion (neurologiCal, body feaction and a ...

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Stage fright was used to investigate the mode of action of beta blockers in acute anxiety and on the technical-motor performance of 22 performing string players. They received 100 mg of atenolol or placebo 6.5 hr before performing either in the presence or absence of an audience. Continuous heart rate, stage fright (especially devised rating scale), technical-motor performance (runs of fast not...

Individuals that live in groups may have the opportunity to learn to recognize unfamiliar predators by observing the fright responses of experienced individuals in the group. In intraspecific trials, naive fathead minnows, Pimephales promelas, gave fright responses to chemical stimuli from predatory northern pike, Esox lucius, when paired with pike-experienced conspecifics but not when paired w...

Drawing on both my own personal experience and that of many colleagues and pupils, I shall describe three kinds of reactions to stage fright. The first is the primarily mental reaction of derealization, which involves feeling cut off from fear and decreasing body awareness. The second and third reactions to stage fright involve (a) increased and (b) decreased muscle tonus and their associated b...