DDM Seminar Series - How to Perform Your Best Under Stress

This is the third seminar in the FY2015 DDM Seminar Series. To receive credit for watching the LIVE Videocast, you need to register for the event in LMS on the morning of the event. Archived Videocast registration is also available in LMS approximately 10 days after the event. Dr. Sian Beilock is Vice Provost for academic initiatives, a professor in the Department of Psychology, and a member of the Committee on Education at The University of Chicago. She is one of the world’s leading experts on the brain science behind “choking under pressure” and the many brain and body factors influencing all types of performance: from test-taking to public speaking to your golf swing. Beilock has authored two books – Choke and How the Body Knows Its Mind - and over 90 peer-reviewed publications in outlets such as Science and Journal of Neuroscience. Her research is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Science Foundation (including a CAREER award). Beilock’s work is routinely covered in the media, ranging from CNN and NPR to The New York Times and Wall Street Journal. She was chosen as one of twenty-five “Women to Watch” by Crain’s Chicago Business Magazine in 2007 and received an award for Transformative Early Career Contributions from the Association for Psychological Science in 2011. Join Dr. Beilock for an enlightening conversation on how to perform your best under stress. Explore what happens in the brain and body during stressful situations, ...
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