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Podcast: The Perception & Action Podcast
Episode: Attentional Theories of Choking Under Pressure Revisited I: Critiques
Description: Is focusing one's attention on skill execution as a result of increased self-consciousness really the primary cause "choking under pressure"? Is the evidence in support of this theory flawed?  Articles/links: Putting pressure on theories of choking: towards an expanded perspective on breakdown in skilled performance The fourth dimension: A motoric perspective on the anxiety–performance relationship Anxiety and perceptual-motor performance: toward an integrated model of concepts, mechanisms, and processes  Preprint of new Chapter: The many threats of self-consciousness: Embodied approaches to choking under...