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When Math Hurts: Math Anxiety Predicts Pain Network Activation in Anticipation of Doing Math

Ian M. Lyons ,

* E-mail: imlyons@uchicago.edu (IML); beilock@uchicago.edu (SLB)

Affiliations Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Psychology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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Sian L. Beilock

* E-mail: imlyons@uchicago.edu (IML); beilock@uchicago.edu (SLB)

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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When Math Hurts: Math Anxiety Predicts Pain Network Activation in Anticipation of Doing Math

Ian M. Lyons,
Sian L. Beilock

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Published: October 31, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0048076

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