The effect of mathematics anxiety on the processing of numerical magnitude

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-16

  Maloney, Erin A ^a   Ansari, Daniel ^b   Fugelsang, Jonathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mathematics anxiety; Numerical cognition; Numerical comparison; Numerical distance effect

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REACTION TIME; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REACTION TIME; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 78651365253     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2010.533278     Document Type: Article

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