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Anyway, I'd say that how you deal with pressure is more correlated to how well you understand the situation, rather than short term memory like the article says. What are your thoughts?
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i think you are comparing stress levels, not the way a person handles stress. the better you understand (or feel familiar with) a situation, the less likely it is to cause stress. if the situation in question isn't stressful to an individual, how they handle the situation doesn't reflect how they would handle it if they were stressed. that make sense?
i tend to work better under pressure because it motivates me. if there's no pressure to get a task done, it may be a while before i get around to it. and i wasn't the type to get stressed over tests in school, my idea of studying was to review my notes on my way to class. i figured i either knew the material or i didn't, working myself into a frenzy wasn't going to help.
but i do notice that when i'm stressed and am trying to remember something, particularly something simple, it's very difficult. i do this all the time with phone numbers. things are a little crazy and i keep telling myself to remember the number--even repeating it over and over, and by the time i get to the phone i've forgotten it.
i don't know how accurate this study is though, they give you a basic review in the article but there are no details on how they evaluated memory or stress levels. the stressful situation they provided doesn't sound very stressful to me, but perhaps i'd fall into the low working memory category.