Mathematical anxiety effects on simple arithmetic processing efficiency: An event-related potential study

Biological Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 517-526

  Suarez Pellicioni M ^a   Nunez Pena M I ^a   Colome A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attentional control theory; Flawed scores; LPC; Mathematical anxiety; P3b; P600; Split effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICS ANXIETY; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTIONAL CONTROL THEORY; FLAWED SCORES; LPC; MATHEMATICAL ANXIETY; P3B; P600; SPLIT EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; BRAIN; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84887001891     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.09.012     Document Type: Article

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