The Neurodevelopmental Basis of Math Anxiety

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 492-501

  Young, Christina B ^a   Wu, Sarah S ^a   Menon, Vinod ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive development; cognitive neuroscience; educational psychology; mathematical ability; neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861736567     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611429134     Document Type: Article

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