Mathematics anxiety reduces default mode network deactivation in response to numerical tasks

Mathematics anxiety reduces default mode network deactivation in response to numerical tasks

Mathematics anxiety is negatively related to mathematics performance, thereby threatening the professional success. Preoccupation with the emotional content of the stimuli may consume working memory resources, which may be reflected in decreased deactivation of areas associated with the default mode...

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Main Authors: Belinda ePletzer, Martin eKronbichler, Hans-Christoph eNuerk, Hubert Hannes Kerschbaum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
inhibition
working memory
Default Mode Network
number processing
Mathematics anxiety
Processing efficiency
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00202/full

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