Laura Overdeck is the founder of Bedtime Math, a nonprofit that hopes to put math on equal footing with the beloved bedtime story. By positioning math as a fun, recreational activity, Bedtime Math hopes to raise a new generation that never feels math anxiety. In her TEDx talk, Overdeck explores math anxiety among women and girls, and shows how the American culture conspires to convince young women that they are incapable of math, through stereotypes held by parents, teachers, retailers, and other women. It's so pervasive that women who are asked their gender at the start of a math quiz score *worse* than women who weren't reminded that they are female. Overdeck, who majored in astrophysics in college, then describes how these forces can be overcome through culture change, with a call to action for all of us to embrace math and be positive role models for all kids in the next generation, and particularly for the girls.
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Despite being the richest nation on earth, the United States is, according to the World Health Organization, by a wide margin, also the most anxious, with nearly a third of Americans likely to suffer from an anxiety problem in their lifetime. America's precocious levels of anxiety are not just happening in spite of the great national happiness rat race, but also perhaps, because of it. 
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An experiment that Sigmund Freud could never have imagined 100 years ago may help lend scientific support for one of his key theories, and help connect it with current neuroscience.
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Being cut off from work email significantly reduces stress and allows employees to focus far better, according to a new study by UC Irvine and U.S. Army researchers.
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Researchers from the University of Groningen Medical Centre in the Netherlands have found that for women at least, watching pornographic videos tends to quiet the part of the brain most heavily involved in looking at and processing things in the immediate environment, suggesting that the brain finds arousal more important during that time than is processing what is actually being seen. Articles about PSYCHOLOGY: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=psychology
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Anxious people have a heightened sense of smell when it comes to sniffing out a threat, according to a new study by Elizabeth Krusemark and Wen Li from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the US.
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Our primal response to danger is part of what has kept us alive. But our capacity to imagine the future can turn it pathological.
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Researchers at the University of Essex have shown that a genetic variant could make some people more sensitive to their emotional environment - and more susceptible to anxiety disorders - than others.
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Distraction is an effective pain reliever, and a new study concludes that listening to music can be effective for reducing pain in high-anxiety persons who can easily become absorbed in cognitive activities.
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February 13, 2014 7:55 PM
While the research in this article dealt primarily with pain control, an unexpected outcome regarding anxiety patients was found. Distraction is a common tool used to reduce pain in post-surgical and pain-control patients. Essentially, it is the act of redirecting an individual's thoughts into something else other than the pain they are currently feeling. It was found that those patients who had high anxiety in addition to pain control issues were the most responsive to distraction and cognitive redirection. In this way, the researchers initial hypothesis that those with high anxiety would be unable to be redirected was contradicted. This research has important implications in the way that anxiety can be treated. Teaching clients who are suffering from anxiety cognitive redirection and distracting techniques that allow them to be more mindful, such as listening to music, may assist in decreasing their level of anxiety when other interventions are unavailable.
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Research on effectiveness of Mindfulness reaches conclusion phase -- a press release is provided to you “as is” with little or no review from PhysOrg.com staff.
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Using brain-imaging technology for the first time with people experiencing mathematics anxiety, University of Chicago scientists have gained new insights into how some students are able to overcome their fears and succeed in math.
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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.
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Researchers at the University of Central Florida’s Anxiety Disorders Clinic and the Atlanta-based company Virtually Better want to give more children with social anxiety the practice they need to become comfortable in social situations. They have developed a new, one-of-a-kind computer simulation program that enables children to interact with avatars playing the roles of classmates, teachers and a principal. Via The Writing Goddess, Gina Stepp
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People’s judgments about whether they are depressed depend on how they believe their own suffering “ranks” in relation to the suffering of friends and family and the wider world. Articles about DEPRESSION: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=depression
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A study suggests anxiety in adults can result from specific parts of the amygdala remaining like those of a child. Articles about ANXIETY: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=anxiety
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there was an intriguing brain imaging study posted this weekend about math anxiety – quite popular already. Here are three versions. Articles about NEUROSCIENCE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?page=1&tag=neuroscience
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While personal matters such as family problems and living situations might cause the most stress for women, new research shows it's on-the-job issues that cause men the most anxiety.
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Researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King's College London have, for the first time, identified the facial expression of anxiety.
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Our thoughts affect our brains. More specifically, “… what you pay attention to, what you think and feel and want, and how you work with your reactions to things sculpt your brain in multiple ways.” In other words, how you use your mind can change your brain. Here are three anxiety-alleviating practices to try. Via Gina Ulery
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Blogging may have psychological benefits for teens suffering from social anxiety, improving their self-esteem and helping them relate better to their friends, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association. Via Dimitris Agorastos
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New research identifies the brain chemicals and circuits involved in mental illnesses like schizophrenia, depression, and anxiety, giving potential new directions to their treatment.
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February 13, 2014 8:10 PM
The field of research on brain chemistry and mental illness is still young, though the research that has been done is promising. This new field is allowing clinicians to develop different and more effective treatments for several mental illnesses. Specifically, research on childhood anxiety and brain structure has shown that anxiety experienced in childhood may change the way that the amygdala connects to other regions of the brain. The amygdala plays a role in emotion regulation and is considered to be part of the limbic system. This finding can possibly explain how early life stresses contribute to future emotional and behavioral issues. If anxiety can be traced back to childhood, then treatment interventions as an adult may be different then if anxiety wasn't experienced in childhood. |
