Question
Is there a physiological difference between fear and nervousness (and perhaps other 'stress' like labels)? We're thinking of trying to build a machine learning system based on external body sensors.
Eeyong
Answer
<DIV>Hello Eeyong,</DIV><BR>
<DIV>That's a very interesting question. When I began my search, I initially</DIV>
<DIV>included nervousness as part of the query, but did not find many sites of</DIV>
<DIV>substance (unless you're researching stage fright, that is!). Anyhow, I</DIV>
<DIV>decided to use <A href=http://www.google.com/" EUDORA="AUTOURL">www.google.com</A> for my initial search.</DIV><BR>
<DIV>My search terms were:</DIV><BR>
<DIV>Fear and stress physiological differences</DIV><BR>
<DIV>Trusting that university sources would provide sources more adequate to</DIV>
<DIV>your question, I chose to look at this site first:</DIV><BR>
<DIV><A href=http://www.csun.edu/~vcpsy00h/students/stress.htm" EUDORA="AUTOURL">http://www.csun.edu/~vcpsy00h/students/stress.htm</A></DIV>
<DIV>and another one from the same source:</DIV>
<DIV><A href=http://www.csun.edu/~vcpsy00h/students/coping.htm" EUDORA="AUTOURL">http://www.csun.edu/~vcpsy00h/students/coping.htm</A></DIV><BR>
<DIV>They are interesting articles with many details on stress and seem to be</DIV>
<DIV>addressing the question you've asked. The page provides for some useful</DIV>
<DIV>links to further your investigation, and a wonderful bibliography.</DIV><BR>
<DIV>I've also found some psychology class notes posted on the web (further</DIV>
<DIV>down the results list from my initial inquiry at google).</DIV><BR>
<DIV><A href=http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/c/s/cse1/Anx.htm" EUDORA="AUTOURL">http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/c/s/cse1/Anx.htm</A></DIV><BR>
<DIV>There really seems to be a lot out there for you to look over. If you</DIV>
<DIV>find the websites lacking, I would recommend a trip to your local library,</DIV>
<DIV>specifically to use their computers, and access their database collection.</DIV>
<DIV>A couple databases that come to mind for you to check are:</DIV><BR>
<DIV>Academic search premier</DIV>
<DIV>Alt-Healthwatch</DIV>
<DIV>Biological and agricultural index plus</DIV>
<DIV>Encyclopedia of life sciences</DIV>
<DIV>HealthSTAR</DIV><BR>
<DIV>Psychology and behavioral sciences collection (This one will probably sort</DIV>
<DIV>you out the best)</DIV><BR>
<DIV>PubMed</DIV>
<DIV>Social sciences index</DIV><BR>
<DIV>That may seem like quite the list, but I'm not sure what databases</DIV>
<DIV>you'll have access to. My best advice would be to try the Psychology</DIV>
<DIV>and behavioral science collection first with the search terms:</DIV>
<DIV>Fear</DIV>
<DIV>Stress</DIV>
<DIV>Anxiety</DIV>
<DIV>Nervousness</DIV><BR>
<DIV>I hope that helps you out on your project,</DIV>
<DIV>Marc</DIV><BR><BR>
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