The relationship of manifest anxiety to performance level on both the unpaced and the paced pursuit rotor, as well as to transfer between the two kinds of practice, was investigated. Ss were 40 university men and women with no previous experience. The most obvious relationship with anxiety was obtained in the case of the highly anxious male Ss.
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