When Stress Math Feels His brain is hard Although Smart

When faced with a math test, as much as possible avoid stress if you do not want to be likened to lose before the war. Even if a person is quite smart, math will be more difficult to do if the person panic and stress.

Worry, anxiety and fear can not do will actually reduce the brain's ability to think clearly in solving problems. As a result, the brain can not think logically, so that math so it feels very difficult.

Signs of panic or stress when faced with math exams can sometimes be observed on physical changes. For example, increased heart rate or pulse, cold and

sweaty palms as well as sudden stomach ached and coiled-coiled.

"We were very surprised, psychological responses can make a person excel in math test just to cope with anxiety and sees it as a challenge," said Prof Sian Beilock of the University of Chicago as quoted by MSNBC,

Prof Beilock prove it through research done to 73 students with different backgrounds, there is a mathematician and there is hate. Before solving math problems, the participants undergo a saliva test to detect levels of the stress hormone cortisol.

Participants who have elevated levels of cortisol before work on the problems is to experience the panic triggered by mathematics or also called Math Anxiety. How wise, Math Anxiety participants who experienced more often failed to do math.

Meanwhile, to overcome panic when faced with a math exam, Dr. Beilock provides simple tips. Before entering the exam room, take 10 minutes to write down on a piece of paper hearts content and then save it and not remembered until the test is completed.

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