Trapped Ant Experiment
Description: --The ant has a laboratory version. Sports scientists at Northumbria University had trained cyclists race a time trial against an on-screen avatar they were told was pacing their own personal best. It wasn't. It had been set slightly faster than anything they had ever managed. They kept up with it anyway, producing power they had never produced before, and only found out afterward.
Their bodies were not at the limit. Their belief about the limit was.
Worth remembering the next time you feel a ceiling. Some ceilings are real. A surprising number are drawn in pen.
Stone, M. R., Thomas, K., Wilkinson, M., Jones, A. M., St Clair Gibson, A., & Thompson, K. G. (2012). Effects of deception on exercise performance. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 44(3), 534–541.
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Their bodies were not at the limit. Their belief about the limit was.
Worth remembering the next time you feel a ceiling. Some ceilings are real. A surprising number are drawn in pen.
Stone, M. R., Thomas, K., Wilkinson, M., Jones, A. M., St Clair Gibson, A., & Thompson, K. G. (2012). Effects of deception on exercise performance. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 44(3), 534–541.
Follow @danielpink for behavioral science you can put to work the same day you read it.
To find out more about Daniel Pink, his books, and view his resources, visit https://danpink.com Close description