"Quiet Eye": A Technique to Enhance Performance When You're Nervous

Ever notice how nerves can make us feel pressure to rush into the opening of a performance, and start before we feel truly settled and ready? Turns out that one of the keys to starting off more effectively may have to do with our eyes, and what we look at or focus on in the moments right before beginning. How so? A 2014 study gives us some intriguing clues... "Quiet Eye": A Technique to Enhance Performance When You're Nervous* * *BTW, have you ever wondered why it is exactly that things ofte...