Meditation has become widely promoted as a cure-all for anxiety and stress, yet for many people, these practices can actually intensify anxious feelings and create new psychological problems. The ...

Math anxiety, which can begin as early as kindergarten, negatively affects students’ math performance both in the moment and throughout their math education. Most research focuses on the affective or ...

When faced with an equation, some people just want to run the other way. Anyone with math anxiety or science anxiety knows ...

People have used meditation to soothe anxious thoughts for thousands of years, and research shows it’s a promising treatment for those with anxiety. Roughly 19% of U.S. adults live with an ...

What is math anxiety? No matter the age, there's one school subject that just doesn't add up for many people, and trying to solve it can bring nerves and even fear. Balancing weights, measuring ...

Math anxiety can make people panic, increase their heart rate and struggle to think even when they know how to solve the math problem in question.

With anxiety disorders carrying a lifetime risk of 40% for women and more than 25% for men in the United States, many people may be interested in starting a daily meditation practice but are often ...

Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is as effective at reducing anxiety as the antidepressant escitalopram, a first-line pharmaceutical treatment, new research shows. "I would encourage ...

Yet we expect 11-year-olds just to comprehend them and move on. Acting as if math isn’t challenging is problematic. It can lead to “math anxiety” that cascades down through generations.

New research suggests a unique form of meditation can affect brain regions linked to emotional regulation and memory, potentially paving the way for new treatments for anxiety and depression.

Math Anxiety Weakens How Students Study. Here’s What Teachers Can Do By Sarah D. Sparks — March 31, 2022 4 min read iStock/Getty Images Plus and Gina Tomko/Education Week ...