When approximate number acuity predicts math performance: The moderating role of math anxiety.

ABSTRACT: Separate lines of research suggest that people who are better at estimating numerical quantities using the approximate number system (ANS) have better math performance, and that people with high levels of math anxiety have worse math performance. Only a handful of studies have examined both ANS acuity and math anxiety in the same participants and those studies report contradictory results. To address these inconsistencies, in the current study 87 undergraduate students completed assessments of ANS acuity, math anxiety, and three different measures of math. We considered moderation models to examine the interplay of ANS acuity and math anxiety on different aspects of math performance. Math anxiety and ANS acuity were both unique significant predictors of the ability to automatically recall

SUBMITTER: Braham EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5931636 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature