Less precise representation of numerical magnitude in high math-anxious individuals: An ERP study of the size and distance effects

Biological Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages 176-183

  Núñez Peña, M Isabel ^a   Suárez Pellicioni, Macarena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distance effect; ERPs; Math anxiety; Numerical number line; Size effect

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANCE EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATH ANXIETY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUMERICAL MAGNITUDE; PARIETAL LOBE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESPONSE TIME; SIZE EFFECT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED RESPONSE; MATHEMATICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907512362     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.09.004     Document Type: Article

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