A few weeks ago, there was an entry of the CNN medical blog, The Chart, which talked about a recent psychological study related to math anxiety. In this study, researchers wanted to investigate through the use of MRI which areas of the brain were active while solving math problems, and whether it was different for people with math phobia and people without. In fact, they were more interested in seeing the brain activity in anticipation of the math problem. The study found that the area of the brain that was activated was the same that gets triggered when faced with threat of physical pain.
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