You’ve seen it happen beforemaybe you’ve even experienced the stomach-churning, brain-in-hyperdrive feeling yourself.
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Instead, it’s these outstanding capabilities that set them up for failure in the clutch.
Working memory plays a fundamental role in how we think and function.
If the ability of working memory to maintain task focus is disrupted, performance may suffer."
Your working memory, just like a computer’s memory, is a limited resource.
The participants then performed easy and difficult sets of math problems in two conditions.
People who would normally have been better performers lost their edge.
Practice getting out of practice-mode.
Write Out Your Anxieties
Beilock also suggestswriting downyour performance fears.
This can have the effect of clearing your working memory from getting all tangled up in over-thinking.
Distract Yourself
Distract yourselfa little to prevent over-thinking.
The Paradox of Why Top Performers Fail Under Pressure| iDoneThis
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