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Episode:

39A – Halloween Special II: Effects of Fear on Perception & Performance

Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:12:16
Publish Date: 2016-10-30 23:30:00
Description:

Is fear in a performer a debilitating problem that must be overcome? Or can freezing from fear actually improve our ability to perceive and act?

 

Articles:

Ready and waiting: Freezing as active action preparation under threat

Simulated self-motion alters perceived time to collision

Freezing promotes perception of coarse visual features

Seeing fearful body language rapidly freezes the observer's motor cortex

 

More information:

http://perceptionaction.com/

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Credits:

Port City Music – Night Terrors

Sleep Out – Halloween Parade

Monk Turner – Halloween Night

via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

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