How does mathematics anxiety impair mathematical abilities? Investigating the link between math anxiety, working memory, and number processing

• Kenny Skagerlund ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kenny Skagerlund, Rickard Östergren

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kenny.skagerlund@liu.se

  Affiliation Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1894-3595

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• Rickard Östergren ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kenny Skagerlund, Rickard Östergren

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

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• Daniel Västfjäll ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, JEDILab, Division of Economics, Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

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• Ulf Träff

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

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