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Mathematical anxiety is linked to reduced cognitive reflection: a potential road from discomfort in the mathematics classroom to susceptibility to biases

Overview of attention for article published in Behavioral and Brain Functions, September 2014
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#10 of 417)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (88th percentile)

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Title
Mathematical anxiety is linked to reduced cognitive reflection: a potential road from discomfort in the mathematics classroom to susceptibility to biases
Published in
Behavioral and Brain Functions, September 2014
DOI 10.1186/1744-9081-10-31
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Authors

Kinga Morsanyi, Chiara Busdraghi, Caterina Primi

Abstract

When asked to solve mathematical problems, some people experience anxiety and threat, which can lead to impaired mathematical performance (Curr Dir Psychol Sci 11:181-185, 2002). The present studies investigated the link between mathematical anxiety and performance on the cognitive reflection test (CRT; J Econ Perspect 19:25-42, 2005). The CRT is a measure of a person's ability to resist intuitive response tendencies, and it correlates strongly with important real-life outcomes, such as time preferences, risk-taking, and rational thinking.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 <1%
Italy 1 <1%
Cyprus 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Unknown 200 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 38 18%
Student > Master 32 16%
Student > Bachelor 23 11%
Lecturer 19 9%
Researcher 14 7%
Other 32 16%
Unknown 48 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 69 33%
Social Sciences 28 14%
Mathematics 22 11%
Medicine and Dentistry 8 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 2%
Other 23 11%
Unknown 51 25%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 104. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 October 2021.
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#404,289
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Outputs from Behavioral and Brain Functions
#10
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#3,674
of 248,664 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Behavioral and Brain Functions
#1
of 9 outputs
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