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I am decently intellegent and have a great working memory. I recently took an i.q. test that i was nervous for and found the article to be true for that case. i found that situations with the test for which i had to cram info into my head when i got a little worried it would slip away. One thing was she would read out numbers and i had to repeat them back. This goes up to nine numbers backwards. when you are trying to hold on to those digits the words "fuck i hope i get this" or "thats a nice picture" can cause you to lose a couple numbers and its tough as hell to get them back. the first time i did this i was nervous and i still stayed in the 95th percentile for this exersice. On a retest i was more calm and confident and i got all of the numbers right. Maybe the article goes by the idea that if you can store more in your working memory then you have the ability to lose more, not that smart people always crack under pressure.
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