Cognition-emotion interactions: Patterns of change and implications for math problem solving

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Trezise, Kelly ^a   Reeve, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Change; Individual differences; Math problem solving; Working memory; Worry anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930457796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00840     Document Type: Article

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