According
to researchers, when someone feels embarrassed because of their lackluster
mathematical skills, it could be more than simply embarrassment. Apparently, when anxious about anything to do
with math, the part of your brain that reacts when a person feels physical pain
is stimulated. “Many math-phobics go out
of their way to avoid math-related tasks or thinking about math problems, and
this reaction led the scientists to wonder whether something more than dislike
was involved,” said Olivia B. Waxman, they author of this article. A test with 28 participants, half anxious,
the other half not, revealed that the
more anxious of the groups had a harder time solving math problems.
This
article, like many others, was informative rather than entertaining or challenging. It was a good read and very educational, I
suppose. Olivia B. Waxman did a splendid
job in presenting her purpose with not only statistics, but quotes and research
to back up her claims.
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