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.