Word: performancy
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Many people who meditate claim the practice restores their energy, allowing them to perform better at tasks that require attention and concentration. If so, wouldn't a midday nap work just as well? No, says Bruce O'Hara, associate professor of biology at the University of Kentucky. In a study to be published this year, he had college students either meditate, sleep or watch TV. Then he tested them for what psychologists call psychomotor vigilance, asking them to hit a button when a light flashed on a screen. Those who had been taught to meditate performed 10% better?"a huge...
...both sides, it is the man himself, and the impression he makes, that will determine which image sticks, and which way the votes will be cast for his confirmation. Republican aides and handlers from the White House and the Hill were visibly nervous today about how Alito would perform once he faced the Senators. Some worried that Alito would suffer under the comparison to Chief Justice Robert?s stellar performance last August. Alito's nerdy earnestness and cold sincerity could break either way, making him look good-hearted and inspiring or distant and uncaring. In the end the intangible elements...
...feedback loop is dominated by fear?fear of failure, fear of disappointing teammates, fear of being unworthy?the circuit starts to resemble the classic fight-or-flight response. In the perform-or-perish version, anxious thoughts trigger the release of adrenaline, the hormone that sets the heart racing, primes the muscles to run and puts all the senses on alert. The eyes slip into tunnel vision?the last thing a quarter-back needs when he's relying on peripheral perception to spot a waiting receiver...
Relaxation techniques like deep breathing are also good for helping athletes quiet the mental chatter long enough for their bodies to perform. "You have to help them realize that 'I have to get out of my own way,'" says Simons. "Relaxing can help them imagine competing, getting in their own groove, feeling it, tasting it, reminding them of that feeling of flow...
...know. The tapes are hilarious." So said a former federal prosecutor last week, but on Capitol Hill no one shared the amusement. Too many of "the guys" were members of Congress, and "the tapes" were both video and audio, catching the sight and sound of them accepting money to perform special favors ... [T]he FBI had lured the lawmakers into the focus of hidden television cameras in the most sensational undercover operation it had ever conducted. When the FBI sting ended, its supervisors alleged that the ... money had attracted one U.S. Senator, seven members of the House and two dozen...