Making a Living on Choking Under Pressure

For any ambitious young scholar just hitting the job market, choking under pressure is a real occupational hazard.

Consider Sian L. Beilock: As she was leaving Michigan State University two years ago with two Ph.D.'s, in kinesiology and cognitive psychology, she got 12 invitations for job interviews right off the bat. That might sound like a giddy prospect, but it contained a hint of menace: What if her academic stock, painstakingly built up during years of research, suddenly plummeted

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