Nintendo's already convinced us that it can turn traditional thought processes into engrossing DS experiences in not one, but two Brain Age titles released over the past few years. Brain Age Express: ...

For some students, an announcement of a math pop quiz can send them into a cold sweat. A new brain-imaging study suggests that the way they deal with that first rush of anxiety can be critical to ...

Scientists have shown for the first time how brain function differs in people who have math anxiety from those who don't. A series of scans conducted while second- and third-grade students did ...

Mathematics anxiety can prompt a response in the brain similar to when a person experiences physical pain. Using brain scans, scholars determined that the brain areas active when highly math-anxious ...

Some people seem to learn math easily while others struggle right out of the gate. As a result, it’s natural to wonder whether our brains are just wired differently. Now, new research from a ...

Excerpted from "Struck By Genius: How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical Marvel" If you could see the world through my eyes, you would know how perfect it is, how much order runs through it, and ...

Mathematics anxiety can prompt a response in the brain similar to when a person experiences physical pain, according to new research at the University of Chicago. Using brain scans, scholars ...