Choking under pressure - attention and motor control in performance situations [Elektronische Ressource] / eingereicht von Felix Ehrlenspiel

THE PROBLEM – CHOKING UNDER PRESSURE 1 Choking under Pressure – Attention and Motor Control in Performance Situations Dissertation Eingereicht von Felix Ehrlenspiel bei der Humanwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Potsdam Oktober 2006 Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Reinhold Kliegl, Universität Potsdam Prof. Dr. Jürgen Beckmann, Technische Universität München THE PROBLEM – CHOKING UNDER PRESSURE 2 Contents Acknowledgments .................................................................................................................. 4 Choking under Pressure – Attention and Motor Control in Performance Situations............................................ 6 The Problem – Choking under Pressure.................................................................. 7 Search for moderators: conditions............................................................. 10 Search for mediators: processes ................................................................. 12 A Solution? – The Nodalpoint Hypothesis of Motor Control ........................... 19 The nodalpoint hypothesis and its four threads ...................................... 20 Empirical evidence and open questions.................................................... 26 Solving the Problem – Designing a Research Strategy......................................... 29 Developing a core assumption......................................................