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From: Shelley Brundage
Date: 04 Oct 2006
Time: 08:51:22 -0500
Remote Name: 128.164.247.162
hi Joseph: You may be interested in an article by Alm (2004), in the Journal of Fluency Disorders, 29, 123-133. The title is "Stuttering, emotions, and heart rate during anticipatory anxiety: a critical review." The behaviors your describe occur frequently in many persons who stutter; Alm (and others) suggest that these behaviors are related to anticipatory anxiety about speaking and stuttering. Some of the behaviors you describe (e.g., increased heart rate, sweating) also occur in persons who do not stutter. Shelley