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Fact or Myth: Does Thinking “Don’t Miss” Really Make Us More Likely to Mess Up?

The Bulletproof Musician

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Tennis - Did the Tennis Contest Really Work?

A recent study looked at what would happen when experienced tennis players were asked to serve and not miss under a little bit of pressure. The theory of ironic error essentially suggests that we have two mental processes in play, an operating pro s in a monitoring process. And that when we're under pressure, given the limited cognitive resources available to us, monitoring our performance makes us more likely to mess up.

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