The neurodevelopmental basis of math anxiety

CB Young, SS Wu, V Menon - Psychological science, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Math anxiety is a negative emotional reaction to situations involving mathematical problem
solving. Math anxiety has a detrimental impact on an individual's long-term professional …

Neural correlates of math anxiety–an overview and implications

C Artemenko, G Daroczy, HC Nuerk - Frontiers in psychology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Math anxiety is a common phenomenon which can have a negative impact on numerical
and arithmetic performance. However, so far little is known about the underlying …

Neurostructural correlate of math anxiety in the brain of children

K Kucian, U McCaskey, R O'Gorman Tuura… - Translational …, 2018 - nature.com
Adequate mathematical competencies are currently indispensable in professional and
social life. However, mathematics is often associated with stress and frustration and the …

Remediation of childhood math anxiety and associated neural circuits through cognitive tutoring

K Supekar, T Iuculano, L Chen… - Journal of …, 2015 - Soc Neuroscience
Math anxiety is a negative emotional reaction that is characterized by feelings of stress and
anxiety in situations involving mathematical problem solving. High math-anxious individuals …

Mathematics anxiety: Separating the math from the anxiety

IM Lyons, SL Beilock - Cerebral cortex, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Anxiety about math is tied to low math grades and standardized test scores, yet not all math-
anxious individuals perform equally poorly in math. We used functional magnetic resonance …

Avoiding math on a rapid timescale: Emotional responsivity and anxious attention in math anxiety

RG Pizzie, DJM Kraemer - Brain and cognition, 2017 - Elsevier
Math anxiety (MA) is characterized by negative feelings towards mathematics, resulting in
avoidance of math classes and of careers that rely on mathematical skills. Focused on a …

Math anxiety in second and third graders and its relation to mathematics achievement

SS Wu, M Barth, H Amin, V Malcarne… - Frontiers in …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Although the detrimental effects of math anxiety in adults are well understood, few studies
have examined how it affects younger children who are beginning to learn math in a formal …

Is math anxiety always bad for math learning? The role of math motivation

Z Wang, SL Lukowski, SA Hart, IM Lyons… - Psychological …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
The linear relations between math anxiety and math cognition have been frequently studied.
However, the relations between anxiety and performance on complex cognitive tasks have …

Children's math anxiety predicts their math achievement over and above a key foundational math skill

N Pantoja, MW Schaeffer, CS Rozek… - Journal of Cognition …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Math anxiety negatively predicts young children's math achievement. While some
researchers have suggested that math anxiety may stem from poor math ability, others have …

Math anxiety: Personal, educational, and cognitive consequences

MH Ashcraft - Current directions in psychological science, 2002 - journals.sagepub.com
Highly math-anxious individuals are characterized by a strong tendency to avoid math,
which ultimately undercuts their math competence and forecloses important career paths …