Worrying about a math test can quite literally hurt. The anticipation of doing math problems lights up pain networks in the brain for people with high levels of math anxiety, according to a new study.

You're at a big group dinner and it's time to pay up, to divide the total and multiply a certain percentage for the tip. How many people tense up and say something like, "Oh, I'm so bad at math"? Fear ...

It’s no secret that a lot of people dislike math. Whether it is calculating a tip on a restaurant bill, reading a retirement statement, or being called up to the board to work out a problem in school, ...

As many students know, MATH 51 is an infamously difficult class here at Stanford. After complaints of homework all-nighters, studying stress headaches and an all-around ridiculous workload for ...

Sitting in a small group, with brightly colored construction paper strewn across the desk, Janet Barlet stared at the task before her. And her mind went blank. Why can’t you make a Platonic solid ...

It's the very first time that I hear about this and it so explains my academic path it's not even funny. Maybe that's why it's socially acceptable, even in academic circles, to not only be ignorant of ...