The Neurocognitive Architecture of Individual Differences in Math Anxiety in Typical Children.

ABSTRACT: Math Anxiety (MA) is characterized by a negative emotional response when facing math-related situations. MA is distinct from general anxiety and can emerge during primary education. Prior studies typically comprise adults and comparisons between high- versus low-MA, where neuroimaging work has focused on differences in network activation between groups when completing numerical tasks. The present study used voxel-based morphometry (VBM) to identify the structural brain correlates of MA in a sample of 79 healthy children aged 7-12 years. Given that MA is thought to develop in later primary education, the study focused on the level of MA, rather than categorically defining its presence. Using a battery of cognitive- and numerical-function tasks, we identified that increased MA was associated

SUBMITTER: Hartwright CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5981328 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature