Taylor Clark

Nerve (eBook, ePUB)

Poise Under Pressure, Serenity Under Stress, and the Brave New Science of Fear and Cool

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Nerves make us bomb job interviews, first dates, and SATs. With a presentation looming at work, fear robs us of sleep for days. It paralyzes seasoned concert musicians and freezes rookie cops in tight situations. And yet not everyone cracks. Soldiers keep their heads in combat; firemen rush into burning buildings; unflappable trauma doctors juggle patient after patient. It's not that these people feel no fear; often, in fact, they're riddled with it.

In Nerve, Taylor Clark draws upon cutting-edge science and painstaking reporting to explore the very heart of panic and poise. Using a wide range of case studies, Clark overturns the popular myths about anxiety and fear to explain why some people thrive under pressure, while others falter-and how we can go forward with steadier nerves and increased confidence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Little, Brown and Company
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. März 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780316126861
• Artikelnr.: 39696836

Autorenporträt

Taylor Clark is a writer based in Portland, Oregon. A graduate of Dartmouth College and a Pacific Northwest native, he has written for GQ, Slate, and Psychology Today, among other publications.