Did you know, if you worry about how you will perform on a math test, it may actually contribute to a lower test grade. The feelings of fear or dread, can sap the brain's limited amount of working capacity. You need that working capacity because it helps you complete difficult math problems. Mark Ashcraft, a psychologist, says that "math anxiety occupies a person's working memory." However, worrying about the math task can take up a large chunk of the person's working memory as well. Also, he said "While easy math tasks such as addition requires only a small fraction of a person's working memory, harder computations require much more." Stress about a test can even make the smartest math student choke. Everyone gets nervous or stressed out about a test, so I think that everyone should think positive and believe that they are going to get a 100 on that test.
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