Dr. Amishi Jha
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first heard Oct 2025
last heard 4 Jul
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But what he also needed to understand, because we had already studied this, is if the moments, the circumstances that make you feel like this is the peak moment, if that level of demand persists,
you are going to start dipping into distress and dysfunction.
And there is a very specific law within psychology called the Yerkes-Dodson law that explains this.
The Yerkes-Dodson law?
Yes.
That sounds like a dog.
It's a cross between a Yerke and a Dodson.
It's not a new breed of dog.
But basically think about it like this.
Think of a graph.
And the graph has an inverted U shape, like just a U upside down.
An upside down U, yep.
So on the x-axis is the level of stress.
low stress to high stress.
Got it.
And on the Y-axis is your performance.
Not performing well, excellent performance.
Okay.
So what we know is that when stress is low, so something like you need to get your taxes done, but not till next April.
Stress is low, performance is low.
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