Petr Parshakov take part in ROSES

Peter Parshakov, Head of IDLab, presented the results of the study "Choking under pressure in online and live competitions".

This study aims at the investigation of choking under pressure (performance decrements under circumstances that increase the importance of good or improved performance) in eSports and whether the effect is different in live tournaments compared to online ones. eSports provide an opportunity to investigate this problem in a real-world condition and use the advantage of detailed statistics of professional sport. The results show that players under the influence of this phenomenon show a smaller decrease in performance in online tournaments, and they "choke" due to coordination rather than a decrease in individual skill.
The study is being conducted by Petr Parshakov together with IDLab researcher Iuliia Naidenova, as well as by Gleb Vasiliev and Igor Tylkin, researchers of the Laboratory of Sports Studies (HSE University).

Video of presentations is available onYouTube.