Respiration and Emotion

Overview: Possible use of dyspnea by Neil S. Cherniack, Professor of Medicine and Physiology, New Jersey Medical School, USA.- Chapter 1: Behavioral Breathing and Sensation: (1) Location and electric current sources in dyspnea in human brain. Ikuo Homma (Department of Physiology, Showa University School of Medicine,Japan). (2) Dyspnea as a result of symptom amplification. Neil S. Cherniack (Department of Medicine and Physiology, New Jersey Medical School, USA). (3) Behavioral and arousal related influences in respiration. Steven A. Shea ( Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, USA). (4) Dyspnea in patients with asthma. Yoshihiro Kikuchi (Department of Medicine, Tohoku University, Japan).- Chapter2: Emotion and Respiration: (1) Behavioral and psychological influences on respiratory regulation. Wientjes (Nato R6&T Agency in Paris, France). (2) Respiration and emotion. F. Boiten (Department of psychology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands). (3) Anxiety on respiration. Yuri Masaoka (Department of Physiology, Showa University School of Medicine, Japan). (4) Stress, Relaxtion and respiration. H. Takase (School of Human Sciences, Waseda University, Japan).- Chapter 3: Breathing in the East and West: (1) Breathing in Oriental Thought. Y. Haruki (School of Human Sciences. Waseda University, Japan. (2) Acquired respiratory behavioral and reflexive self-regulatory respiration in dyspneasuffocation fear. R. Ley (School of Education, University of Albany, USA). (3) From the laboratory to the clinic: Diaphragmatic breathing training as a clinical tool. R. Fried (Hunter College of CUNY, USA). (4) Breathing in Zen. T. Kasahara (Komazawa University).- Chapter 4: Environment and Respiration: (1) Factors influencing the variability of breathing. M.J. Tobin (Loyora University Medical center, Loyora University, USA). (2) Title(not yet). A. Umezawa (Department of Psychology, Fukui University, Japan). (3) On the role of inhibited breathing in blood pressure regulation. D.E. Anderson (National Institute on Aging, USA).- Chapter 5: Respiration in art: Mind and Respiration in Noh. Naohiko Umewaka, Ph.D. Noh player, Visiting lecturer of University of London.