General:

  • Arora S, SevdalisN, Aggarwal R, SirimannaP, Darzi A, Kneebone R. Stress impairs psychomotor performance in novice laparoscopic surgeons. SurgEndosc. 2010 Oct 1;24(10):2588-93.
  • Brooks AW, Schroeder J, Risen JL, Gino F, Galinsky AD, Norton MI, Schweitzer ME. Don’t stop believing: Rituals improve performance by decreasing anxiety. Organ BehavHum DecisProcess. 2016 Nov 30;137:71-85.
  • Eysenck MW, DerakshanN, Santos R, Calvo MG. Anxiety and cognitive performance: attentional control theory. Emotion. 2007 May;7(2):336.
  • HottonM,DerakshanN, Fox E. A randomised controlled trial investigating the benefits of adaptive working memory training for working memory capacity and attentional control in high worriers. Behaviour research and therapy. 2018. 100: 67-77.
  • Liao CM, Masters RS. Self-focused attention and performance failure under psychological stress. J Sport ExercPsychol. 2002 Sep;24(3):289-305.
  • Wetzel CM, Black SA, Hanna GB, AthanasiouT, Kneebone RL, NestelD, Wolfe JH, WoloshynowychM. The effects of stress and coping on surgical performance during simulations. Ann Surg. 2010 Jan 1;251(1):171-6.
  • Yerkes RM, Dodson JD. The relation of strength of stimulus to rapidity of habit‐formation. J Comp Neurol. 1908 Nov 1;18(5):459-82.

Music:

  • Burin AB, OsórioFD. Interventions for music performance anxiety: results from a systematic literature review. AchClinPsychiatry (São Paulo). 2016 Oct;43(5):116-31.
  • Burin AB, OsórioFL. Music performance anxiety: a critical review of etiological aspects, perceived causes, coping strategies and treatment. Arch ClinPsychiatry (São Paulo). 2017 Oct;44(5):127-33.
  • James I. Western orchestral musicians are highly stressed. Resonance: International Music Council. 1998;26:19-20.
  • Kenny DT. A systematic review of treatments for music performance anxiety. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping. 2005 Sep 1;18(3):183-208.
  • Kenny DT. Music performance anxiety: Origins, phenomenology, assessment and treatment. Context. 2006 Jan 1:51-64.
  • Mor S, Day HI, FlettGL, Hewitt PL. Perfectionism, control, and components of performance anxiety in professional artists. CognTherRes. 1995 Apr 1;19(2):207-25.

Sport:

  • Carson HJ, Collins D. The fourth dimension: A motoric perspective on the anxiety–performance relationship. IntRev Sport ExercPsychol. 2016 Jan 1;9(1):1-21.
  • Cheng WN, Hardy L, Markland D. Toward a three-dimensional conceptualization of performance anxiety: Rationale and initial measurement development. PsycholSport and Exerc. 2009 Feb 28;10(2):271-8.
  • FazeyJA, Hardy JP. The inverted U hypothesis-a catastrophe for sports psychology and a statement of a new hypothesis. In a meeting of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, Vancouver, Canada 1987.
  • Woodman T, Hardy L. The relative impact of cognitive anxiety and self-confidence upon sport performance: A meta-analysis. J Sports Sci. 2003 Jan 1;21(6):443-57.