The Yerkes-Dodson Law
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The Yerkes-Dodson law states that performance is best at moderate arousal, and that the optimum is lower for difficult tasks.
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Mild nerves improve a familiar presentation and the same arousal degrades a first attempt at a complex task.
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Task difficulty moves the peak. There is no single arousal level that is best in general.