ARW Podcast: Mathophobics
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If figuring out the tip at a restaurant makes you break a sweat, you may suffer from math anxiety. Today on the podcast, American RadioWorks asks a psychologist why so many Americans think they're bad at math and how this anxiety might be prevented in schools.
Sian Beilock, author of "Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You Have To" says being anxious about mathematics is often a learned behavior. She should know. Beilock runs the Human Performance Lab at the University of Chicago, where she studies how people's brains react to high-pressure situations.
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