Episode 16. Choking - what we can learn from Lewandowski's blunder

Robert Lewandowski's failed penalty kick can teach us a few things about learning a foreign language. You can find out what in this episode.

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Research links:

Link to Sian's Beilock's book
Link to Malcolm Gladwell's article on choking: The Art of Failure
Link to Sian's Beilock's TED Talk

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Chapters

• 0:06 Welcome
• 0:15 Robert Lewandowski's blunder
• 1:15 Sian Beilock's book Choke and what her findings tell us about performing under stress
• 1:56 What does "choke" mean?
• 2:55 Paralysis by analysis in action
• 5:00 Two types of memory
• 7:45 What Sian Beilock's findings can teach us about learning a foreign language
• 11:48 Summary