…choking isn’t just a hazard for athletes: the condition also afflicts opera singers and actors, hedge-fund traders and chess grandmasters. All of sudden, just when these experts most need to perform, their expertise is lost. The grace of talent disappears.
Jonah Lehrer explores the neuroscience behind why people choke: http://nyr.kr/JUU8SK
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I’m not into basketball, but I understand what it means to choke at the wrong moment
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Lmao the New Yorker just put a picture of lebron James ad their headpiece for their neurology of choking article.
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