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Inverted-u Hypothesis

The Inverted-U Hypothesis is a theoretical framework in arousal regulation positing that performance improves with increasing arousal up to an optimal point, beyond which further arousal leads to decreased performance, thus forming an inverted U-shaped relationship between arousal and performance.

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39.5K

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946

Authors

495

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2017–2026

84

Variants

Yerkes-dodson Law

Parents

Publications

407

Environmental Quality and Development: Is There a Kuznets Curve for Air Pollution Emissions?

Thomas M. Selden, Daqing Song · Journal of Environmental Economics and Management · 1994 · 2.8K citations · Full text

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Thinking about <scp>U</scp> : Theorizing and testing <scp>U</scp> ‐ and inverted <scp>U</scp> ‐shaped relationships in strategy research

Richard Franciscus Johannes Haans, Constant Pieters, Zi‐Lin He · Strategic Management Journal · 2015 · 2.3K citations

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Competition and Innovation: An Inverted U Relationship

Philippe Aghion, Nicholas Bloom, Richard Blundell et al. · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2004 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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Competition and Innovation: An Inverted-U Relationship*

Philippe Aghion, Nick Bloom, Richard Blundell et al. · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2005 · 1.9K citations

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Confronting the Environmental Kuznets Curve

Susmita Dasgupta, Benoı̂t Laplante, Hua Wang et al. · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 2002 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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Authors

946

  1. MG
    Marzio Galeotti

    University of Milan, Italy

    4 publications · 49 citations

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  2. DJ
    David J. Hargreaves

    University of Leicester, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 244 citations

    4

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  3. KN
    Kathleen N. Moore

    University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, United States

    3 publications · 282 citations

    3

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  4. LL
    Luca Lambertini

    University of Bologna, Italy

    3 publications · 221 citations

    3

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  5. AR
    Aamir Rafique Hashmi

    National University of Singapore, Singapore

    3 publications · 383 citations

    3

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Institutions

495

  1. National University of Singapore

    Singapore, Singapore

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    867 citations

  2. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. Peking University

    Beijing, China

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    421 citations

  4. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    506 citations

  6. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. University of Leicester

    Leicester, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    399 citations

  8. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    1.4K citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 13 publications · 2.6K citations

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  2. Applied Economics Letters

    7 publications · 267 citations

    7

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  3. Perceptual and Motor Skills

    6 publications · 151 citations

    6

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  4. Journal of Applied Psychology

    4 publications · 416 citations

    4

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  5. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

    MSSE · 4 publications · 248 citations

    4

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