HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ANNUAL-MEETING OF THE OR-THE-ADVANCEMENT-OF-RESPIRATORY-PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY AND THE 14TH INTERNATIONAL-SYMPOSIUM ON RESPIRATORY PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY

This article provides a review of selected presentations and events th at highlighted the annual meeting of the International Society for the Advancement of Respiratory Psychophysiology (ISARP) and the 14th Inte rnational Symposium on Respiratory Psychophysiology, Toronto, Ontario Canada, October 1995. The meeting, which was scheduled as a satellite to the 35th annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Rese arch, included two workshops (Diana M. Innocenti on ''Identification o f Individual Breathing Patterns and Introduction to the Reeducation of Dysfunctional Patterns in Hyperventilation, Asthma, and Emphysema'' a nd Richard N. Gevirtz on ''Respiratory and Psychophysiological Factors in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Functional Cardiac and Panic Disord ers''), two symposia (one on ''Breathing Retraining: Issues and Applic ations'' and one on ''Capnography and Hyperventilatory Hemodynamics'') , three invited addresses (Hans Folgering on ''Rehabilitation of Patie nts with Exercise Hypoxemia''; David Stubbing on ''Assessing Impairmen t, Disability, and Handicap in Chronic Lung Disease''; and Robert Banz ett on ''Hypercapnia-Induced Air Hunger''), three panel sessions (one on ''Respiratory Psychophysiology of Airway Obstruction,'' one on ''Ap plied Respiratory Psychophysiology,'' and one on ''Hyperventilation an d Panic: Psychological Aspects''), and a poster session.