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Interested in MATH ANXIETY? We know math anxiety undermines academic performance, but how does it affect students' choices? We developed a novel behavioral task to capture a behavioral signature of math anxiety: MATH AVOIDANCE. advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/11/e… 1/17
Why care about math anxiety? International surveys of students show that ~30% of students report being math anxious and that math anxiety is linked with poor performance worldwide, even for students performing above the 90th percentile in math. 2/17 
Previous research, most coming from 30-50 years ago, suggested that math anxious individuals might avoid taking elective math courses and majoring in math or science majors, but little is known beyond that work about the link between math anxiety and choices. 3/17
