Roman Tikhonov, Simon DeDeo
Prediction, Explanation, and Control: The Use of Mental Models in Dynamic Environments
Open mind : discoveries in cognitive science
math anxiety personality influence numeracy although nature contribution overlooked present study investigated whether association numeracy depended field study gender higher education participants italian undergraduates either humanities n 201 science technology engineering math stem n 209 fields study participants remotely completed standardized tests assessing numeracy math anxiety personality intelligence basic numerical skills tested whether math anxiety personality interacted field study gender predicting numeracy results showed math anxiety negatively associated numeracy independently field study gender effect personality especially neuroticism numeracy interacted field study intelligence basic numerical skills specifically humanities undergraduates higher neuroticism levels scored lower numeracy stem undergraduates findings underscore importance emotional experience good performance mathematics beyond math anxiety personality traits students less familiar mathematics finally robust gender moderation emerged suggesting role may overridden differences associated career choice