Includes bibliographies and index.

Unconditioned reflexes and the autonomic nervous system / Graham Turpin -- The orienting response and evoked potentials in man / Norman Loveless -- Elicitation and habituation of the orienting response / David Siddle, David Stephenson, and John A. Spinks -- Theories of habituation / David Stephenson and David Siddle -- The functional significance of the orienting response / John A. Spinks and David Siddle -- The orienting response during Pavlovian conditioning / Arne Öhman -- The orienting response and developmental processes / Frances K. Graham, Bruno J. Anthony, and Bonnie L. Zeigler -- Individual differences in the orienting response / J.G. O'Gorman -- The orienting response and psychopathology / Gudrun Sartory -- The orienting response and psychopathology / P.H. Venables and A.S. Bernstein -- The orienting response and intellectual retardation / Johs. Clausen and Eugene A. Sersen.