Dr. Lagos: Positive Self-Talk Under Pressure Requires Prior Physiological Control
Dr. Leah Lagos · Dr. Leah Lagos and Joe Mazzulla: Control Your Heart, Conquer Your Stress · Sep 19, 2023 · at 54:07
Clinical psychologist Dr. Leah Lagos explains to Shane Parrish why cognitive self-regulation fails under high stress without underlying autonomic nervous system control.
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“That ability to inhibit negative self-talk, inhibit noise, inhibit fear, is physiologically mediated where you can choose it. And so the concept of, oh, just think positive or have positive self-talk is very hard for even the most elite of performers under high pressure if they don't have physiological control.”
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