Using a choke hold is one of the best ways to win a fight. Mixed martial artists, grapplers and regular civilians have proved this over and over. In particular, we regularly see a submission hold ...

Researchers tested whether other species also "choke" or "thrive" under pressure Some monkeys performed better under pressure, but others performed worse This is the first evidence that other species ...

Anxiety about a competitive situation makes even the most physically active of us more likely to slip-up -- and backs up 'catastrophe theory,' research shows. "Our research indicates that heightened ...

Male athletes are more likely to "choke" than female athletes when in a tough situation, a new study claims, external. Researchers from Ben-Gurion University (BGU) of the Negev in Israel studied Grand ...

Researchers at the University of Twente in the Netherlands have used a technique known as functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to measure brain activity directly in volunteers taking penalty ...

LAWRENCE -- Today, sea-level rise is a great concern of humanity as climate change warms the planet and melts ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica. Indeed, great coastal cities around the world like ...

A new study by sports scientists at Coventry University and Staffordshire University shows that anxiety about a competitive situation makes even the most physically active of us more likely to slip-up ...