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Choke : what the secrets of the brain reveal about getting it right when you have to /

Beilock, Sian.

Choke : what the secrets of the brain reveal about getting it right when you have to / Sian Beilock. - 1st Free Press hardcover ed. - New York : Free Press, c2010. - viii, 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-280) and index.

The curse of expertise -- Training success -- Less can be more: why flexing your prefrontal cortex is not always beneficial -- Brain differences between the sexes: a self-fulfilling prophecy? -- Bombing the test: why we choke under pressure in the classroom -- The choking cure -- Choking under pressure: from the green to the stage -- Fixing the cracks in sport and other fields: anti-choke techniques -- Choking in the business world.

9781416596172 9781439109625 (ebook)

2010010595


Failure (Psychology)
Performance--Psychological aspects.
Success--Psychological aspects.

BF575.F14 / B42 2010

153.9

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