Math anxiety: Who has it, why it develops, and how to guard against it

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 404-406

  Maloney, Erin A ^a   Beilock, Sian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; COMPETENCE; EMOTION; FEAR; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MATH ANXIETY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NOTE; PARIETAL CORTEX; PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEACHER;

ANXIETY; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS;

EID: 84864038195     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2012.06.008     Document Type: Note

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