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Representation of numerical magnitude in math-anxious individuals

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Larger distance effects in high math-anxious individuals (HMA) performing comparison tasks have previously been interpreted as indicating less precise magnitude representation in this population. A recent study by Dietrich, Huber, Moeller, and Klein limited the effects of math anxiety to symbolic comparison, in which they found larger distance effects for HMA, despite equivalent size effects. However, the question of whether distance effects in symbolic comparison reflect the properties of the magnitude representation or decisional processes is currently under debate. This study was designed to further explore the relation between math anxiety and magnitude representation through three different tasks. HMA and low math-anxious individuals (LMA) performed a non-symbolic comparison, in which no group differences were found. Furthermore, we did not replicate previous findings in an Arabic digit comparison, in which HMA individuals showed equivalent distance effects to their LMA peers. Lastly, there were no group differences in a counting Stroop task. Altogether, an explanation of math anxiety differences in terms of less precise magnitude representation is not supported.

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COLOMÉ, Àngels. Representation of numerical magnitude in math-anxious individuals. _Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology_. 2019. Vol. 72, núm. 3, pàgs. 424-435. [consulta: 21 de gener de 2026]. ISSN: 1747-0218. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/164926]

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