Calculated avoidance: Math anxiety predicts math avoidance in effort-based decision-making

Choe, Kyoung Whan; Jenifer, Jalisha B.; Rozek, Christopher S.; Berman, Marc G.; Beilock, Sian L.

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“…We used fMRI data from an independent sample of 45 participants to classify task improvers from non-improvers in a different cognitive test, the word completion task (as part of a Choose-and-Solve Task (CAST; Choe et al, 2019), see methods). The performance levels of participants are shown in Figure 6, and panel B shows the performance separately for the two groups of improvers and non-improvers.…”

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“…The dataset was provided by Choe, Jenifer, Rozek, Berman, & Beilock (in preparation), and consists of fMRI runs for 45 participants aged between 18-35 who performed a math and word Choose-and-Solve Task (CAST) for 6 minutes in every run. This task involves choosing to solve math equation completion and word completion tasks and is originally designed for detecting math anxiety and math avoidance behavior (Choe et al, 2019). The participants performed the CAST in 6 runs in fMRI scanner which provided us with a different learning/practice paradigm to cross-validate the Hbased classification model used for dual n-back.…”

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“…The participants performed the CAST in 6 runs in fMRI scanner which provided us with a different learning/practice paradigm to cross-validate the Hbased classification model used for dual n-back. The questions were designated as having a 1-7 difficulty level (Choe et al, 2019). The performance of participants in CAST was quantified as their accuracy*difficulty level of questions they solved, since the question difficulty was adaptive in a manner that two correct answers in a row would result in an increase in difficulty and one wrong answer would result in decrease in question difficulty.…”

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Improvements in task performance after practice are associated with scale-free dynamics of brain activity

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Although practicing a task generally benefits later performance on that same task ('practice effect'), there are large-and mostly unexplained-individual differences in reaping the benefits from practice. One promising avenue to model and predict such differences comes from recent research showing that brain networks can extract functional advantages from operating in the vicinity of criticality, a state in which brain network activity is more scale-free. As such, we hypothesized that individuals with more scale-free fMRI activity, indicated by BOLD time series with a higher Hurst exponent (H), gain more benefits from practice. In this study, participants practiced a test of working memory and attention, the dual n-back task (DNB), watched a video clip as a break, and then performed the DNB again, during MRI. To isolate the practice effect, we divided the participants into two groups based on improvement in performance from the first to second DNB task run. We identified regions and connections in which H and functional connectivity related to practice effects in the last run. More scale-free brain activity in these regions during the preceding runs (either first DNB or video) distinguished individuals who showed greater DNB performance improvements over time. In comparison, functional connectivity (r 2 ) in the identified connections did not reliably classify the two groups in the preceding runs. Finally, we replicated both H and r 2 results from study 1 in an independent fMRI dataset of participants performing multiple runs of another working memory and attention task (word completion). We conclude that the brain networks can accommodate further practice effects in individuals with higher scale-free BOLD activity.

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“…Negative perceptions towards mathematics generate avoidance behaviors, taking measures to counteract this behavior can be the key to reducing anxiety towards mathematics (Choe, Jenifer, Rozek, Berman & Beilock, 2019).…”

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Anxiety toward Math: A Descriptive Analysis by Sociodemographic Variable

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The following analysis provides evidence from the comparative levels of anxiety towards mathematics of the variables from the categories presented by the AMARS and sociodemographic variables as well. A sample of 381 economics students in Mexico answered the survey. For data analysis, descriptive statistics (x , Sd.) was carried out and to identify if there are significant differences of means in the sociodemographic variables, the ANOVA analysis was carried out. Although in general the anxiety towards mathematics presented in Mexican economics students is "very little", in the dimension of mathematical evaluation the results of the descriptive analysis show that economics students from the south of Mexico have more anxiety than students from other regions. Regarding gender, women feel more anxiety than men towards mathematics evaluation. Likewise, students from public institutions show greater anxiety towards mathematics in the evaluation processes than those belonging to private. Finally, ANOVA test showed that the variable Region showed values less than 0.05 in two of three dimensions (ANXTASK and ANXCOUR). The ANXEVAL dimension showed values < 0.05 in the variable Gender as the ANXEVAL and ANXCOUR showed values < 0.05 in the variable University, this because there is a difference in means.

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“…While these observations are largely anecdotal [2], the effects of having math anxiety can be devastating, as mathematics is an important part of life [3]. Math anxiety can cause individuals to avoid math or situations that require analytical and rational thought [4]. Several studies have been carried out with elementary and grade school students to learn more about human reaction to mathematics [5], yet fewer studies have been done on college students or later.…”

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Math Anxiety: Engineering Technology Students' Problem Solving Through Rational or Experiential Contexts

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Calculated avoidance: Math anxiety predicts math avoidance in effort-based decision-making

Abstract: Math anxiety predicts how much effort people are willing to put into doing math.

Cited by 78 publications

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Improvements in task performance after practice are associated with scale-free dynamics of brain activity

Improvements in task performance after practice are associated with scale-free dynamics of brain activity

Anxiety toward Math: A Descriptive Analysis by Sociodemographic Variable

Math Anxiety: Engineering Technology Students' Problem Solving Through Rational or Experiential Contexts

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