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Podcast: The Perception & Action Podcast
Episode: 16A - Xmas Special: Bad Gifts, Slipping on Ice, The Problem with Fruit Cake
Description: How do people regulate and modify their emotions (e.g., when pretending to like a bad gift)? Is this what is involved in choking under pressure? Why do people slip on ice – is our visual system letting us down, literally? Why does everybody hate fruit cake – a lesson in multisensory perception?
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Articles:
Esteem threat, self-regulatory breakdown, and emotional distress as factors in self-defeating behavior
Temporal links to performing under pressure in international soccer penalty shootouts
Reappraising Threat: How to Optimize Performance Under Pressure
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