Difference between revisions of "Anxiety"

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** Abilities refers to the performance of the task.  
 
** Abilities refers to the performance of the task.  
 
*There are actually two curves, one showing high performance with high adrenaline, and one showing low performance with high adrenaline.  
 
*There are actually two curves, one showing high performance with high adrenaline, and one showing low performance with high adrenaline.  
*Yerkes-Dodson originally posited that the high curve is for easy tasks and the low curve for difficult tasks.  
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*[[Yerkes-Dodson originally posited that the high curve is for easy tasks and the low curve for difficult tasks.]]
 
*Adrenaline is essential for flow.  
 
*Adrenaline is essential for flow.  
 
**[[Adrenaline can be experienced in high performance states, low performance states, and paralysis/freeze reaction.]]  
 
**[[Adrenaline can be experienced in high performance states, low performance states, and paralysis/freeze reaction.]]  

Revision as of 10:48, 2 December 2020

Key Claims

Other Claims

  • Emotions are best processed when felt in the chest.
  • Feeling an emotion or urge sends a “message received” signal through the same vagus nerve back to your amygdala.