Math anxiety and executive function: Neural influences of task switching on arithmetic processing.
Math anxiety (MA) is associated with negative thoughts and emotions when encountering mathematics, often resulting in under-performance on math tasks. One hypothesized mechanism by which MA affects performance is through anxiety-related increases in working memory (WM) load, diverting resources away...
| Published in: | Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 309 - 326 |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Apr2020
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| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |