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Non-symbolic representation is modulated by math anxiety and cognitive inhibition while symbolic representation not

Auteurs: Dongxiao Guan, Jiru Ai, Yaru Gao, Hongxia Li, Bijuan Huang, Jiwei Si

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 4/2021

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate whether there are basic numerical processing deficits in high math anxiety (HMA) individuals and examine the effects of cognitive inhibition on the performance of high and low math anxiety (LMA) individuals. 35 undergraduate students were recruited to perform a numerical comparison task, a numerical Stroop task, a dot comparison task, and a dot Stroop task. Results showed the following: (1) Compared with LMA group, HMA group reacted more slowly and exhibited more fixation counts in non-symbolic representation task. (2) Inhibition condition significantly increased HMA individuals’ fixation durations, whereas the fixation durations of LMA individuals were similar between inhibition and non-inhibition condition. The results demonstrated that MA might temporarily occupy individuals’ working memory resources. (3) In non-symbolic representation task, the effect of numerical ratio on fixation counts was larger for HMA group than that for LMA group under inhibition condition, indicating MA might arise from a basic level deficit in numerosity processing.

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Titel: Non-symbolic representation is modulated by math anxiety and cognitive inhibition while symbolic representation not
Auteurs: Dongxiao Guan
Jiru Ai
Yaru Gao
Hongxia Li
Bijuan Huang
Jiwei Si
Publicatiedatum: 29-05-2020
Uitgeverij: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research / Uitgave 4/2021
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-020-01356-7

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