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Somatic anxiety is anxiety provoked by bodily symptoms of tension such as butterflies in the stomach. It is commonly contrasted with cognitive anxiety which is that provoked by mental concerns or worry. These different components or dimensions of anxiety are especially studied in sports psychology.^[1]

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• Schwartz, GE; Davidson, RJ; Goleman, DJ (June 1978), "Patterning of cognitive and somatic processes in the self-regulation of anxiety: effects of meditation versus exercise", Psychosomatic Medicine 40 (4): 321-8, http://www.psychosomaticmedicine.org/cgi/content/abstract/40/4/321  

• McNally, Ivan M. (August 2002), "Contrasting Concepts of Competitive State-Anxiety in Sport: Multidimensional Anxiety and Catastrophe Theories", Athletic Insight 4 (2): 10-22, http://www.athleticinsight.com/Vol4Iss2/Competitive_State_Anxiety.htm