id: 2154,2C2
title: The Yerkes-Dodson Law says that performance follows a bell curve of stress.
date: 2022-10-23

The Yerkes-Dodson Law says that performance follows a bell curve of stress.

That is, too little stress, or too much, harms performance, while the right amount creates effective action. Too much stress triggers the fight/flight response.rH2 Called “eustress” when it supports performance.rR1 Stress relates to performance because the limbic system tracks our emotional relationship to things and stress is an emotional response to interest. On the flipside, limbic over-arousal creates mental deficiencies.