The relationships among working memory, math anxiety, and performance.
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23328304 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark H Ashcraft (Cleveland State University), Elizabeth Kirk (0000-0002-2507-1185), Elizabeth P Kirk |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 130 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 224-237 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Experimental Psychology: General (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0096-3445 • E-ISSN: 1939-2222 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0096-3445.130.2.224 |
| PMID | 11409101 |
| OpenAlex | W2163533896 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 154 |
| References cited | 7 |
Individuals with high math anxiety demonstrated smaller working memory spans, especially when assessed with a computation-based span task. This reduced working memory capacity led to a pronounced increase in reaction time and errors when mental addition was performed concurrently with a memory load task. The effects of the reduction also generalized to a working memory-intensive transformation task. Overall, the results demonstrated that an individual difference variable, math anxiety, affects on-line performance in math-related tasks and that this effect is a transitory disruption of working memory. The authors consider a possible mechanism underlying this effect--disruption of central executive processes--and suggest that individual difference variables like math anxiety deserve greater empirical attention, especially on assessments of working memory capacity and functioning.
Anxiety · Arithmetic · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Mathematical anxiety · Mathematics education · Psychiatry · Working memory · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Mathematics · Psychology
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