[Leftcoast]

Groan!  Yesterday I turned the station from the Bay Areas sports stations to NPR just to get away from the amateur pop psychologists discussing Jordan Williamson's miss.

Only to find ..... THIS program on NPR.  Yup, more psychologists discussing Jordan Williamson's miss.  Interesting points by Dan O'Brian (from the Dan and Dan Decathlon ad campaign.)

http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201201041000

Choking Under Pressure

Wed, Jan 4, 2012 -- 10:00 AM

Stanford lost the Fiesta Bowl Monday night after freshman Jordan Williamson missed three field goal attempts. Why do we choke at important moments, and what can we do about it?

Host: Scott Shafer

Guests:

    Dan O'Brien, Olympic gold medalist (1996) in decathlon
    David Lombardi, former play-by-play broadcaster who helped cover the Fiesta Bowl for Cardinal Channel and KZSU
    Sian L. Beilock, professor of psychology at the University of Chicago and author of "Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You Have To"

[Leftcoast]

Groan!  Yesterday I turned the station from the Bay Areas sports stations to NPR just to get away from the amateur pop psychologists discussing Jordan Williamson's miss.

Only to find ..... THIS program on NPR.  Yup, more psychologists discussing Jordan Williamson's miss.  Interesting points by Dan O'Brian (from the Dan and Dan Decathlon ad campaign.)

http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201201041000

Choking Under Pressure

Wed, Jan 4, 2012 -- 10:00 AM

Stanford lost the Fiesta Bowl Monday night after freshman Jordan Williamson missed three field goal attempts. Why do we choke at important moments, and what can we do about it?

Host: Scott Shafer

Guests:

    Dan O'Brien, Olympic gold medalist (1996) in decathlon
    David Lombardi, former play-by-play broadcaster who helped cover the Fiesta Bowl for Cardinal Channel and KZSU
    Sian L. Beilock, professor of psychology at the University of Chicago and author of "Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You Have To"