Emotional processing of math-related words in people with math anxiety.
Rocío LinaresSantiago Pelegrina LópezRafael Delgado-RodríguezPublished in: Anxiety, stress, and coping (2023)
These results provide evidence that individuals with high MA show altered emotional processing of math-related words, experiencing them as moderately aversive and moderately activating. The findings emphasize that the altered emotional processing of words associated with math should be considered a symptom of MA.