http://jdallen.org/personal/job-interviews/ "To Bigotry No Sanction, To Persecution No Assistance" Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:15:16 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://jdallen.org/personal/job-interviews/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Smart people likely to choke under pressure » The Allen Almanac Mon, 07 Aug 2006 19:48:56 +0000 http://jdallen.org/personal/job-interviews/#comment-31 [...] Well, that would explain this, right? According to a new study smart people may be more likely to choke under pressure than the less smart. “The pressure causes verbal worries, like ‘Oh no, I can’t screw up,’” said Sian Beilock, assistant professor of psychology at Miami University of Ohio. “These thoughts reside in the working memory.” And that takes up space that would otherwise be pondering the task at hand. [...] [...] Well, that would explain this, right? According to a new study smart people may be more likely to choke under pressure than the less smart. “The pressure causes verbal worries, like ‘Oh no, I can’t screw up,’” said Sian Beilock, assistant professor of psychology at Miami University of Ohio. “These thoughts reside in the working memory.” And that takes up space that would otherwise be pondering the task at hand. [...]

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