This from Body Odd<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Before now, those with performance jitters have had to contend with the nausea and the nerves on their own, or take beta blockers to battle the symptoms.\u00a0 New research has come up with another way to fight stage fright:\u00a0 biofeedback.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cOur research looks at both the psychological and physiological effect of stage fright,\u201d\u00a0 says Dr. Myron Thurber<\/a>, a counselor, physical therapist and biofeedback expert from Spokane, Wash.\u00a0 \u201cIt raises our conscious awareness of our heart rhythms by allowing us to see them on a screen.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the study, anxiety-ridden musicians were trained in the use of a small biofeedback machine to \u201ctrain\u201d their body\u2019s emotional response to stress.\u00a0 After being hooked to the device with an ear clip or finger monitor, the musicians could see their heart\u2019s responses to both anxiety or stress (typified by a jerky, edgy pattern) as well as feelings of joy or appreciation (a smooth, coherent pattern).\u00a0 After four sessions, the subjects were able to shift their emotional response \u2013 holding onto the feelings of joy even while performing \u2013 successfully keeping the stage fright out of the limelight.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter we trained them, people reported on average about a 70 percent improvement in playing ability as well as the same decrease in their sense of stress or performance anxiety<\/a>,\u201d says Thurber.<\/p>\n

In other words, no more flubbed notes, flushed faces or tossed cookies in the recital hall restroom.<\/p>\n

Even better, Thurber says the biofeedback machine is both versatile \u2013 it can be used for other types of anxiety such as test taking or public speaking <\/a>\u2013 and unobtrusive (about the size of an iPod).<\/p>\n

\u201cSome people would practice using it in the recital hall before a performance,\u201d he says.\u00a0 \u201cPeople are used to seeing little handheld devices so we hardly notice them any more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Have you ever gotten nervous<\/a> before performing or speaking in public?\u00a0 What happened?<\/p>\n

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