Desirable difficulties are learning conditions that are often experienced as effortful, but have
a positive effect on learning results and transfer of knowledge and skills (Bjork & Bjork,; …

Highlights•Perceptual-motor behavior is a process (ie, perception, selection, action).•Anxiety
induces an attentional, interpretational and behavioral bias to threat.•Reduced attentional …

Performing and learning motor behaviors are fundamental to everyday life. The relations
between perceptual input and motor output have been studied and are well understood for …

Anxiety has long been associated with diminished performance within a number of domains
involving evaluative interpersonal interactions, including Sex, Sport, and Stage. Here, we …

Although antecedents of choking under pressure have been studied, prevention efforts have
been somewhat inconsistent. Current choking-susceptibility criteria include trait anxiety (TA) …

Researchers who examine existing models of choking under pressure are beginning to
explore the antecedents that predispose individuals to increased anxiety. Irrational beliefs …

The main objective was to know the elite coaches' opinions regarding the relevance,
definition, and importance of volleyball contextual variables to measure individual …

Attention is a pivotal resource in the modern economy and plays an increasingly prominent
role in economic analysis. We summarize research on attention from both psychology and …

Theories on motor skill acquisition predict that earlier learning stages require more attention,
which should lead to higher cognitive-motor dual-task interference in novices as compared …

In high-stakes situations, people sometimes exhibit a frustrating phenomenon known as
“choking under pressure.” Usually, we perform better when the potential payoff is larger …