How to Stay Calm Under Pressure

2018

7.0 (1)

4 min

English

Your favorite athlete closes in for a win; the crowd holds its breath, and at the crucial moment ... she misses the shot. That competitor just experienced the phenomenon known as “choking,” where despite months, even years, of practice, a person fails right when it matters most. Why does this happen, and what can we do to avoid it? Noa Kageyama and Pen-Pen Chen explain why we choke under pressure.

Status
Released
Production
TED Ed

Keywords

  • educational
  • short film

Top Cast

Pen-Pen Chen as Narrator (voice)

Top Crew

Olesya Shchukina · Director, Writer

Pen-Pen Chen · Story

Noa Kageyama · Story

Stephen LaRosa · Composer

Gerta Xhelo · Producer

Full cast & crew

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