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    Effects of time pressure and maths anxiety on solving mental arithmetic problems

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    Authors
    Lipka, Sigrid cc
    Clarke, Lauren
    Affiliation
    University of Derby
    Issue Date
    2014-09-03
    
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    Time pressure and anxiety are thought to affect working memory (e.g., Hill & Wigfield, 1984; Eysenck et al., 2007). Previously, mental arithmetic tasks have been utilised as a measure of working memory (Matthews & Campbell, 2010). Due to the rise in interest in maths anxiety, the aim of the current study was to investigate the impact of time pressure on working memory performance in a maths anxious sample. The Mathematics Anxiety Scale (MAS-UK; Hunt, Clark-Carter & Sheffield, 2011) was utilised to categorise 40 individuals into high or low maths anxious groups. Participants later completed a mental arithmetic task under two different time pressure conditions. Results showed that there was no overall effect of maths anxiety on performance in the mental arithmetic task. However, performance was worse under high as compared to low time pressure. This effect was more pronounced for high-anxious than low-anxious individuals. Possible mechanisms underlying this effect are considered in terms of the Attentional Control Theory (ACT; Eysenck et al, 2007) and it is concluded that task-irrelevant thoughts resulting from time pressure are most likely to impair the processing efficiency and performance effectiveness of highly maths anxious individuals.
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    Lipka, S. & Clarke, L. (2014). Effects of time pressure and maths anxiety on solving mental arithmetic problems. Presented at 31st BPS Cognitive Section Annual Conference, Nottingham Trent University, UK, 2-5 September.
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    British Psychological Society
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10545/621267
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    https://www4.ntu.ac.uk/webevents/soc/document_uploads/163523.pdf
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