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  Current Directions in Psychological ScienceVolume 11 Issue 5, Pages 181 - 185 Published Online: 19 Nov 2002 © 2009 Association for Psychological Science
Abstract | Full Text: PDF (Size: 59K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking  Math Anxiety: Personal, Educational, and Cognitive Consequences Copyright 2002 American Psychological Society KEYWORDS anxiety • mental arithmetic • math competence • working memory • problem solving ABSTRACTHighly math-anxious individuals are characterized by a strong tendency to avoid math, which ultimately undercuts their math competence and forecloses important career paths. But timed, on-line tests reveal math-anxiety effects on whole-number arithmetic problems (e.g., 46 + 27), whereas achievement tests show no competence differences. Math anxiety disrupts cognitive processing by compromising ongoing activity in working memory. Although the causes of math anxiety are undetermined, some teaching styles are implicated as risk factors. We need research on the origins of math anxiety and on its "signature" in brain activity, to examine both its emotional and its cognitive components. | 
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