Mathematics anxiety and working memory: Support for the existence of a deficient inhibition mechanism

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 343-355

  Hopko, Derek R ^a   Ashcraft, Mark H ^a   Gute, James ^a   Ruggiero, Kenneth J ^b   Lewis, Colleen ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; NORMAL HUMAN; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL RECALL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; READING; STUDENTS;

EID: 0031876715     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-6185(98)00019-X     Document Type: Article

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