If it's a simple task, you can maintain good performance even with high stress. If it's a complex task, that's where things fall apart under stress. There's an old school version of self-defense from like World War II. And their whole theory was based on gross motor movements. So I'm not gonna be able to perform these micro movements, these complex detailed movements. I'm gonna just get you with a big giant, you know, clothesline to the neck.
Yerkes-Dodson Law: The Area of optimal stress provides optimal results.
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