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 pressure in sensorimotor skills

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