Brooks, Alison Wood, Julianna Schroeder, Jane Risen, Francesca Gino, Adam D. Galinsky, Michael I. Norton, and Maurice Schweitzer. "Don't Stop Believing: Rituals Improve Performance by Decreasing ...

When performing onstage, Dania Hallak, a singer and songwriter, sometimes found she couldn’t hit lower notes. Her vocal coach suggested it was performance anxiety. Hallak saw her doctor, who ...

After reading the title of this post, some readers may be asking “Stress can be positive? How could anxiety ever be ‘optimal?'" Modern society has trained us to think that we should rarely, if ever, ...

Music performance anxiety (MPA) is a multifaceted phenomenon that affects musicians across age groups and genres. It is characterised by a complex interplay of cognitive, emotional and physiological ...

Remember back in school when you had to get up in front of the class and give a presentation? In that situation, most of us experienced anxiety not only about our actual performance but also about how ...

Kathleen McGuire receives funding from the Australian Department of Education: Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program (HEPPP) and Australian Catholic University. She has received ...