When I was in a course on health disparities, we referred to this phenomenon as the "John Henry effect" "The term was first used by Gary Saretsky (1972) to des

When I was in a course on health disparities, we referred to this phenomenon as the "John Henry effect" "The term was first used by Gary Saretsky (1972) to describe the behavior of John Henry, a legendary American steel driver in the 1870s who, when he heard his output was being compared with that of a steam drill, worked so hard to outperform the machine he died in the process"