Mindfulness, anxiety, and high-stakes mathematics performance in the laboratory and classroom

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue , 2015, Pages 123-132

  Bellinger, David B ^a   DeCaro, Marci S ^a   Ralston, Patricia A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Engineering; Mathematics; Mindfulness; Pressure; Test anxiety; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; ENGINEERING STUDENT; EXPERIMENTAL COGNITIVE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL STRESS; MINDFULNESS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; WORKING MEMORY; EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MINDFULNESS; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941286010     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2015.09.001     Document Type: Article

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