[s8e13] The Anxiety - Optimization

: To spike his anxiety, Amy introduces stressors such as rubbing a balloon to create irritating squeaks. Sheldon further enlists his friends to challenge everything he says and even attempts to join the girls’ "nightly crotch talk" sessions to unsettle himself.

Sheldon grounds his experiment in the Yerkes-Dodson Law (1908) , which describes a bell-curve relationship between arousal and performance. [S8E13] The Anxiety Optimization

: Sheldon successfully identifies a "sweet spot" where his anxiety levels rise, and his problem-solving rate supposedly increases. III. The Descent into Obsession : To spike his anxiety, Amy introduces stressors