1. Monotony and boredom / D. Roy Davies, Vivian J. Shackleton, and Raja Parasuraman -- 2. Heat and cold / Jerry Ramsey -- 3. Noise / Dylan Jones -- 4. Circadian rhythms and shiftwork / Tim Monk and Simon Folkard -- 5. Fear and dangerous environments / Chris Idzikowski and Alan Baddeley -- 6. Fatigue / Dennis Holding -- 7. Incentives / Michael Eysenck -- 8. Stress and drugs / Keith Wesnes and David Warburton -- 9. Diurnal variation / Simon Folkard -- 10. Anxiety and individual differences / Michael Eysenck -- 11. Coping efficiency and situational demands / Wolfgang Schönpflug -- 12. The cognitive patterning of stress states / Robert Hockey and Peter Hamilton -- 13. Current issues and new directions / Robert Hockey