Stanford Imaging Study Reveals Differences in Brain Function for Children With Math Anxiety - 1 views

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  #1 Bonnie Sutton on 29 Mar 12

   

  03/28/2012 12:39 PM EDT
  
  Vinod Menon Scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine have shown for the first time, how brain function differs in people who have math anxiety from those who don't. A series of scans conducted while second- and third-grade students did addition and subtraction revealed that those who feel panicky about doing math had increased activity in brain regions associated with fear, which caused decreased activity in parts of the brain involved in problem solving.
  Full story at http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2012/march/math.html
  
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  Stanford University Medical Center
  
  
  This is an NSF News From the Field item.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">03/28/2012 12:39 PM EDT <br /> <br /> Vinod Menon Scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine have shown for the first time, how brain function differs in people who have math anxiety from those who don't. A series of scans conducted while second- and third-grade students did addition and subtraction revealed that those who feel panicky about doing math had increased activity in brain regions associated with fear, which caused decreased activity in parts of the brain involved in problem solving. <br /> Full story at <a href="http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2012/march/math.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2012/march/math.html</a> <br /> <br /> Source <br /> Stanford University Medical Center <br /> <br /> <br /> This is an NSF News From the Field item.</div>

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