Math anxiety differentially affects WAIS-IV arithmetic performance in undergraduates

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 356-362

  Buelow, Melissa T ^a   Frakey, Laura L ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Math anxiety; Mental arithmetic; WAIS IV; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879152612     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/act006     Document Type: Article

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