newyorker: …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

newyorker:

…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