Trash-talking: Competitive incivility motivates rivalry

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Ethan Mollick on X: If you want to win, don't trash talk your opponent! This paper shows that an opponent's trash talk actually motivates performance, and also makes it more likely that

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The mind games have already started: An in-depth examination of trash talking in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive esports using practice theory

Rivalry and performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis - Nir Milstein, Yarin Striet, Michal Lavidor, David Anaki, Ilanit Gordon, 2022

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