Key findings in mental toughness research

Mar 16, 2016

The body of research conducted in the field of mental toughness  has grown significantly grown the last two decades. Here is a summary of some of the key research that is being done and what the research teams discovered about the speciality and how it’s helping athletes compete at a higher level and produce better results in their chosen sports.

Research shows fear can be erased from the brain

Mar 1, 2016

Researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden studying fear in 2013 showed that it is possible to erase newly formed emotional memories. A lasting long-term memory is created when we recall something and then remembering thinking about it the last time. This reinforce the recalled info and makes it less likely to be removed from memory.