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Tennis.com, February 28, 2012
...to get the best of us. It turns out that knowledge is power in the heat of battle. Sian Beilock, Ph.D., is a psychology professor at The University of Chicago and the author of the book, Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It...
Square Mile, February 27, 2012
...labour, but not for mentally challenging work. Sports psychologists call this failure to perform under pressure ‘choking’. Dr Sian Beilock, a psychologist at the University of Chicago, author of the 2010 book Choke, has carried out tests showing how...
ABC 3340, February 14, 2012
...engage in the math task at hand may help eliminate the poor performance brought on by math anxiety," Sian Beilock, an associate professor of psychology and an expert on mathematics anxiety, said in a university news release. The study appears Oct. 20 in...
KSTC-TV, February 13, 2012
...engage in the math task at hand may help eliminate the poor performance brought on by math anxiety," Sian Beilock, an associate professor of psychology and an expert on mathematics anxiety, said in a university news release. The study appears Oct. 20 in...
KTLA, February 8, 2012
...their own math abilities are translating some of that to their kids," said University of Chicago psychologist Sian Beilock, who led the study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study is the first both to examine the math...
Chicago Sun-Times, February 7, 2012
...are performing well, they tend to block out everything, including how and why they’re succeeding, according to Sian Beilock, a psychology professor at the University of Chicago. The reason so many athletes thank God or their moms after games is they...
Forbes.com, February 5, 2012
...embodied cognition. With these new neural networks, the act of watching a game can actually increase brain function. Dr. Sian Beilock, whose research at the University of Chicago laid the foundation for Peterson’s observations, put it this way:...


