Don't Practice Before You Speak: Your Memory Deficit May Make You Miss Your Boss' Signal to Stop
How many times have you rehearsed telling your partner bad news? Honey, I rammed the car through the beauty shop window. But no one was hurt! Now a new study says that anticipating performance before a school or work presentation can cause you not to remember what happened before the event. So who cares? According to newswise.com, "Performance anticipation could weaken memory because people tend to focus on the details of their upcoming presentation instead of paying attention to information that occurs before their performance," says lead author Noah Forrin, a postdoctoral fellow in Psychology at Waterloo. "People who experience performance anxiety may be particularly likely to experience this phenomenon." Building on what previous research called the next-in-line effect , Forrin and his co-authors explored how different ways of preparing for a presentation can have an impact on the " pre-performance memory deficit, " the web site reports.
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