# Professor Gavin Kilduff's research on rivalry is highlighted

1 Faculty News October 21, 2015 ![New York Magazine logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_035440.gif?itok=tfYuio90)>

Excerpt from [New York Magazine](http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/10/is-impossible-to-stop-comparing-yourself.html#) -- "Schweitzer and Galinsky point to a study by New York University psychologist [Gavin Kilduff](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/gavin-kilduff), who found that people tend to perform better when their rivals are present, as compared to their performance against random strangers."

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