ArticleTranslational psychiatry2018
Neurostructural correlate of math anxiety in the brain of children.
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- Math anxiety and deficient executive control: does reappraisal modulate this link?Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2022Article
- Increased structural covariance in brain regions for number processing and memory in children with developmental dyscalculia.Journal of neuroscience research · 2022Article
- Math Anxiety Is Related to Math Difficulties and Composed of Emotion Regulation and Anxiety Predisposition: A Network Analysis Study.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- Emerging neurodevelopmental perspectives on mathematical learning.Developmental review : DR · 2021Article
- Association Between Physical Fitness and Anxiety in Children: A Moderated Mediation Model of Agility and Resilience.Frontiers in public health · 2020Article
- Efficacy of a Computer-Based Learning Program in Children With Developmental Dyscalculia. What Influences Individual Responsiveness?Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Adequate mathematical competencies are currently indispensable in professional and social life. However, mathematics is often associated with stress and frustration and the confrontation with tasks that require mathematical knowledge triggers anxiety in many children. We examined if there is a relationship between math anxiety and changes in brain structure in children with and without developmental dyscalculia. Our findings showed that math anxiety is related to altered brain structure. In particular, the right amygdala volume was reduced in individuals with higher math anxiety. In conclusion, math anxiety not only hinders children in arithmetic development, but it is associated with altered brain structure in areas related to fear processing. This emphasizes the far-reaching outcome emotional factors in mathematical cognition can have and encourages educators and researchers alike to consider math anxiety to prevent detrimental long-term consequences on school achievement and quality of life, especially in children with developmental dyscalculia.
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