Math anxiety is the feeling of tension and fear that many people experience when called on to work out a sum. For children, it can lead to behavioral problems in class, as well as physical symptoms such as butterflies in the stomach and a racing heart. Students with high math anxiety perform worse in standardised math tests and school exams. Anxious thoughts interfere with recalling math-related facts and procedures, and also with performing these procedures well. This is often described as the experience of having your mind go blank. Our new research shows that math anxiety does not only affect…
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