Neural evidence for cognitive reappraisal as a strategy to alleviate the effects of math anxiety
Autor: | Rachel G. Pizzie, Cassidy L. McDermott, David J. M. Kraemer, Tyler G Salem |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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emotion regulation Adolescent cognitive reappraisal Cognitive Neuroscience media_common.quotation_subject AcademicSubjects/SCI01880 education Emotions Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Original Manuscript intraparietal sulcus Anxiety Amygdala behavioral disciplines and activities 050105 experimental psychology Mathematical anxiety Cognitive reappraisal 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Cognition Intervention (counseling) medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Attention media_common medicine.diagnostic_test Apprehension 05 social sciences fMRI math anxiety General Medicine Fear Magnetic Resonance Imaging Improved performance medicine.anatomical_structure Feeling Female medicine.symptom Functional magnetic resonance imaging Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery psychological phenomena and processes Mathematics Cognitive psychology |
Zdroj: | Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience |
ISSN: | 1749-5024 1749-5016 |
Popis: | Math anxiety (MA) describes feelings of tension, apprehension and fear that interfere with math performance. High MA (HMA) is correlated with negative consequences, including lower math grades, and ultimately an avoidance of quantitative careers. Given these adverse consequences, it is essential to explore effective intervention strategies to reduce MA. In the present functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study, we investigated the efficacy of cognitive reappraisal as a strategy to alleviate the effects of MA. Cognitive reappraisal, an emotion regulation strategy, has been shown to decrease negative affect and amygdala responsivity to stimuli that elicit negative emotion. We compared a reappraisal strategy to participants’ natural strategy for solving math problems and analogies. We found that HMA individuals showed an increase in accuracy and a decrease in negative affect during the reappraisal condition as compared to the control condition. During math reappraise trials, increased activity in a network of regions associated with arithmetic correlated with improved performance for HMA individuals. These results suggest that increased engagement of arithmetic regions underlies the performance increases we identify in HMA students when they use reappraisal to augment their math performance. Overall, cognitive reappraisal is a promising strategy for enhancing math performance and reducing anxiety in math anxious individuals. |
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