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Copyright 2002 American Psychological SocietyCURRENT DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE181 Abstract Highly math -anxious indi-viduals are characterized by astrong tendency to avoid math ,which ultimately undercutstheir math competence andforecloses important careerpaths. But timed, on-line testsreveal math - anxiety effects onwhole-number arithmeticproblems ( , 46 27),whereas achievement testsshow no competence differ-ences. math anxiety disruptscognitive processing by com-promising ongoing activity inworking memory. Althoughthe causes of math anxiety areundetermined, some teachingstyles are implicated as riskfactors. We need research onthe origins of math anxiety andon its signature in brain ac-tivity, to examine both its emo-tional and its cognitivecomponents.
182 VOLUME 11, NUMBER 5, OCTOBER 2002 Published by Blackwell Publishing Inc. about their math abilities. The cor-relations between math anxiety and variables such as motivation and self-confidence in …
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