Emotion blocks the path to learning under stereotype threat

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 230-241

  Mangels, Jennifer A ^a,b   Good, Catherine ^a   Whiteman, Ronald C ^b   Maniscalco, Brian ^c   Dweck, Carol S ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; ERP; FRN; LPP; Math; Memory

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EMOTION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACHIEVEMENT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STEREOTYPING; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959418786     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsq100     Document Type: Article

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