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Mathematics, anxiety, and the brain.

Ahmed A Moustafa¹, Richard Tindle¹, Zaheda Ansari¹

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Reviews in the Neurosciences

|February 4, 2017

Summary

Understanding mathematical learning requires examining cognitive processes and mathematics anxiety. This review explores the links between cognitive skills, brain networks, and math learning disabilities like dyscalculia.

Keywords:

cognition math anxiety math education math learning disability neural studies parietal cortex prefrontal cortex working memory

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Educational Psychology

Background:

Mathematical achievement is linked to life success.
Learning math involves cognitive processes like working memory, spatial skills, and language.
Mathematics anxiety and learning disabilities (dyscalculia) impact mathematical abilities.

Purpose of the Study:

To review the relationship between mathematical learning and cognitive processes.
To explore the neural substrates of mathematical learning and problem-solving.
To discuss the connections between cognitive processes, mathematics anxiety, and dyscalculia.

Main Methods:

Literature review of studies on mathematical cognition.
Analysis of cognitive processes involved in learning mathematics.
Examination of neural underpinnings of mathematical abilities.

Main Results:

Mathematical cognition depends on a complex brain network.
Dysfunction in specific brain network segments correlates with different types of dyscalculia.
Cognitive processes are crucial for both successful math learning and the development of math anxiety.

Conclusions:

Mathematical learning is a complex cognitive function reliant on an intricate brain network.
Understanding the interplay between cognitive processes, anxiety, and neural function is key to addressing math learning difficulties.
Targeted interventions may improve mathematical learning by addressing specific cognitive and neural deficits.