How Does Performance Psychology Affect Performance?

Wen: I think the broader field should actually be called performance psychology, and sport psychology should be under that umbrella. Ness: A large part of our field now is what we call high risk occupations, including military, fire fighting, police,. which have similar issues that we've been talking about. Similar skills can be helpful in all those domain so again, if someone forgets how to play a piece a or has stage fright, i think that's another psychological thing that many performers talk about.