Perform Your Best Under Stress
Event Details
What happens in our brain and body when we experience performance anxiety? What are we doing differently when everything clicks into place? Sian L. Beilock will explain the fascinating interconnections between the mind and body and show how mastering them can make us happier, safer, and more successful.
Sian L. Beilock is a professor of psychology, a member of the Committee on Education, and vice provost for academic initiatives at the University of Chicago. An expert on the brain science behind "choking under pressure," Beilock has received support from the National Science Foundation and the US Department of Education. Her critically acclaimed book Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You Have To was published in 2010; and her new book, How the Body Knows Its Mind: The Surprising Power of the Physical Environment to Influence How You Think and Feel, was published in January 2015.
Purchase Beilock's new book, How the Body Knows Its Mind. A limited number of copies will be available for purchase at the lecture.
Read a UChicagoNews article featuring Beilock's research on how the body can influence the mind.
$20/person for general admission
$10/person for recent graduates (College alumni of the past 10 years and graduate alumni of the past five years)
Two complimentary registrations for members of the Alumni Leadership, Chicago, Harper, and Phoenix Societies
Includes program and refreshments
Program
2:00 PM-2:45 PM: Registration and reception
2:45 PM-4:00 PM: Presentation and discussion
Speaker Profiles
Sian L. Beilock (Speaker)
Sian Beilock is a psychology professor at The University of Chicago and one of the world's leading experts on the brain science behind "choking under pressure" and the many brain and body factors influencing all types of performance: from test-taking to public speaking to your golf swing.
Beilock received a B.S. in Cognitive Science from the University of California, San Diego and PhDs in both Kinesiology (sport science) and Psychology from Michigan State University. Her research is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation.
Sian Beilock's research is routinely covered in the media (e.g., CNN, New York Times, NPR, Wall Street Journal) and she was highlighted as one of four "Rising Stars" across all academic disciplines by the Chronicle of Higher Education in 2005, chosen as one of twenty-five "Women to Watch" by Crain's Chicago Business Magazine in 2007, and received an award for Transformative Early Career Contributions from the Association for Psychological Science in 2011.
Sian Beilock runs the Human Performance Lab at the University of Chicago.