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A neural basis of choking under pressure.
Article in Neuron, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- Rapid Dopaminergic Signatures in Movement: Reach Vigor Reflects Reward Prediction Error and Learned Expectation.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Reward influences movement vigor through multiple motor cortical mechanisms.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Visual target and task-critical feedback uncertainty impair different stages of reach planning in motor cortex.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Reward signals in the motor cortex: from biology to neurotechnology.Nature communications · 2025Review
- Preparatory activity and the expansive null-space.Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2024Review
- Common Mechanisms of Learning in Motor and Cognitive Systems.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023Review
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Abstract
Incentives tend to drive improvements in performance. But when incentives get too high, we can "choke under pressure" and underperform right when it matters most. What neural processes might lead to choking under pressure? We studied rhesus monkeys performing a challenging reaching task in which they underperformed when an unusually large "jackpot" reward was at stake, and we sought a neural mechanism that might result in that underperformance. We found that increases in reward drive neural activity during movement preparation into, and then past, a zone of optimal performance. We conclude that neural signals of reward and motor preparation interact in the motor cortex (MC) in a manner that can explain why we choke under pressure.
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