More on the fragility of performance: Choking under pressure in mathematical problem solving

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 584-600

  Beilock, Sian L ^a   Holt, Lauren E ^a   Kulp, Catherine A ^b   Carr, Thomas H ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME;

COGNITION; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 10844249157     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.133.4.584     Document Type: Article

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