Respiration and Emotion / Edition 1

by Y. Haruki, I. Homma, A. Umezawa, Y. Masaoka

Overview

Gasps, sighs, and yawns are recognized by even a casual observer as involuntary expressions of emotion through the "medium" of respiration. In recent years, scientific observation has focused on sensation and behavior as researchers investigate the relation of emotion and stress in disorders such as asthma, hyperventilation, and panic disorder. Until now, however, the interplay of psychological factors and physiological responses has not been approached from the interdisciplinary perspective reported in this book. Brought together here is the work of physiologists, psychologists, and researchers in behavioral medicine, together with - for the first time - specialists and practitioners of traditional Japanese arts and culture. Knowledge of the art and control of breathing, which are essential features of such disciplines as Zen and Noh, opens a new and until now unexplored path for scientists seeking to understand the relation between respiration and emotion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9784431702863
Publisher:	Springer Japan
Publication date:	07/13/2001
Edition description:	2001
Pages:	175
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Haruki, Y.; Homma, I.; Umezawa, A.; Masaoka, Y.

Table of Contents

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.

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Paul Haerich, PhD (Loma Linda University)
Description: This book is a collection of papers which were presented at the 1999 International Interdisciplinary Symposium on Respiration: Respiration and Emotion. Representative of the the interdisciplinary scope of the symposium, the topics of the papers range from basic respiratory physiology and mechanics, to the interaction of respiratory function and emotional states such as relaxation, anxiety, and panic, to the place of respiratory control in Asian cultural contexts.
Purpose: The aim of the symposium was to provide a multidisciplinary context for the discussion of the many aspects of the respiration sciences. Based on the collection of papers which were presented and appear in this collection, the goal of making available information from these many aspects was certainly accomplished.
Audience: As a collection of the proceedings of the symposium, the book will be most useful for advanced students, researchers, and other professionals focusing on respiratory psychophysiology. Additionaly, anthropologists and social/cultural psychologists will find useful information on the relationships among breathing, respiratory physiology, and Zen meditation.
Features: The book is a useful record of the symposium presentations, presented in the format of journal articles examining such topics as the physiology of breathlessness, perception and control of breathing, the changes in respiration associated with cognitive load, arousal, anxiety, and panic. Additional papers report on the role of breathing in Zen Buddhism. However,as one would expect, the papers are rather esoteric. Therefore, readers interested in an introduction or overview of respiration function, respiratory psychophysiology, and the relationship of respiration and emotion will need to look elsewhere.
Assessment: The audience for this book will likely be small and select. And for that audience of respiration psychophysiologists or cultural anthropologists, this will likely be a useful book complementing the information available in other books and journals.

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