Faculty Mentor
Debra Spear
Abstract
Mathematics tests were used to create anxiety in undergraduates. Heart rates were recorded as a measure of anxiety. Following each mathematics test, participants completed a different visual discrimination tasks, Stroop Colored Word Tests, Where’s Waldo Puzzles, and IQ Matching Tests. Reaction times and accuracy were measured for each task. The hypothesis was that those with more difficult mathematics tests would have longer reaction times and be less accurate. The results of the study suggest that mathematics anxiety did not have a significant effect on reaction times for any task, and was only significant for the accuracy of the IQ matching tests.
Recommended Citation
Bowers, Katherine
(2011)
"Anxiety and Visual Discriminations in Undergraduates,"
The Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 9, Article 3.
Available at:
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/jur/vol9/iss1/3