Sex differences in brain correlates of STEM anxiety.

Autor:	Gonzalez AA; 1Center for Imaging Science, Florida International University, Miami, FL USA.; 2Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL USA., Bottenhorn KL; 1Center for Imaging Science, Florida International University, Miami, FL USA.; 2Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL USA., Bartley JE; 1Center for Imaging Science, Florida International University, Miami, FL USA.; 3Department of Physics, Florida International University, Miami, FL USA., Hayes T; 2Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL USA., Riedel MC; 1Center for Imaging Science, Florida International University, Miami, FL USA.; 3Department of Physics, Florida International University, Miami, FL USA., Salo T; 1Center for Imaging Science, Florida International University, Miami, FL USA.; 2Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL USA., Bravo EI; 2Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL USA., Odean R; 4School of Education, University of Delaware, Newark, DE USA., Nazareth A; 5Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA USA., Laird RW; 1Center for Imaging Science, Florida International University, Miami, FL USA.; 3Department of Physics, Florida International University, Miami, FL USA., Sutherland MT; 1Center for Imaging Science, Florida International University, Miami, FL USA.; 2Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL USA., Brewe E; 6Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA USA.; 7Department of Education, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA USA.; 8Department of Teaching and Learning, Florida International University, Miami, FL USA., Pruden SM; 2Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL USA., Laird AR; 1Center for Imaging Science, Florida International University, Miami, FL USA.; 3Department of Physics, Florida International University, Miami, FL USA.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	NPJ science of learning [NPJ Sci Learn] 2019 Nov 01; Vol. 4, pp. 18. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Nov 01 (Print Publication: 2019).
DOI:	10.1038/s41539-019-0058-9
Abstrakt:	Anxiety is known to dysregulate the salience, default mode, and central executive networks of the human brain, yet this phenomenon has not been fully explored across the STEM learning experience, where anxiety can impact negatively academic performance. Here, we evaluated anxiety and large-scale brain connectivity in 101 undergraduate physics students. We found sex differences in STEM-related and clinical anxiety, with longitudinal increases in science anxiety observed for both female and male students. Sex-specific relationships between STEM anxiety and brain connectivity emerged, with male students exhibiting distinct inter-network connectivity for STEM and clinical anxiety, and female students demonstrating no significant within-sex correlations. Anxiety was negatively correlated with academic performance in sex-specific ways at both pre- and post-instruction. Moreover, math anxiety in male students mediated the relation between default mode-salience connectivity and course grade. Together, these results reveal complex sex differences in the neural mechanisms driving how anxiety is related to STEM learning. Competing Interests: Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. (© The Author(s) 2019.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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