The stress test: Does what doesn't kill me, make me a super-elite athlete?
Progress in brain research
Prog Brain Res. 2017;232:155-158. doi: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2016.12.003. Epub 2017 Feb 2.
ABSTRACT
Super-elite athletes succeed in part because: (a) previous hardship builds resilience, (b) success breeds success, and (c) they can rename anxiety as excitement. It is unlikely that most of their outstanding success is due to psychodynamic compensatory mechanisms.
