# Professor Nathan Pettit's new research on status momentum is mentioned

1 Faculty News October 31, 2019 ![Cosmos_Logo_190x145](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/Cosmos_Logo_190x145.jpg?itok=eCjQdmhe)>

Excerpt from [Cosmos](https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/an-opponent-on-the-rise-can-mess-with-your-head) -- "There was no better example than in tennis, the researchers say. They found that players committed more double faults when facing an opponent with status momentum. Kakkar and colleagues Niro Sivanathan, from the London Business School, and [Nathan Pettit](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/nathan-pettit), from New York University, were certainly comprehensive in their endeavours."

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