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  "abstract": "This review synthesizes research on performance under pressure across sport, strategic\n\ngames, and performing arts. Rather than reflecting a loss of skill, performance decline under\n\npressure arises from disruptions to attentional control, working memory overload, excessive\n\nself-monitoring, anxiety-driven threat appraisals, fear of failure and evaluation, and heightened\n\nemotional reactivity to errors. Evidence-based strategies—including attention and emotion\n\nregulation, pre-performance routines, and cognitive reframing—are reviewed as mechanisms for\n\nmitigating these effects. Findings indicate that pressure responses are highly individualized and\n\ncontext-dependent, such that no single intervention is universally effective. Instead, strategies\n\naligned with dominant mechanisms and situational demands yield the most reliable benefits.\n\nThe review concludes that personalized, data-informed, and context-aware approaches are\n\nessential for sustaining performance and wellbeing under high-stakes conditions.",
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      "name": "Mikhail Ankur Desai"
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  "published": "2026-10-26",
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  "title": "Performance Under Pressure: Cognitive and Emotional Mechanisms of Performance Decline and Evidence-Based Strategies for Mitigation Across Domains",
  "title_text": "Performance Under Pressure: Cognitive and Emotional Mechanisms of Performance Decline and Evidence-Based Strategies for Mitigation Across Domains",
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