24 young adults were required to perform a pursuit tracking task and given the opportunity to accept a concurrent second one as soon as they felt themselves capable of doing so. Personality tests showed that the more anxious individuals delayed acceptance of this secondary task. No relationships were found between personality and tracking skill as such.
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