Your Posture May Change Your Math Skills
- Author
- WNYC Studios
- Published
- Wed 11 Jun 2014
- Episode Link
- https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/notetoself
Fear of math is real.
In fact, psychologists now use the term “math anxiety” to describe the panic many people — particularly girls and women — have about doing math. On this week’s New Tech City, host Manoush Zomorodi plays a new video game that is being developed to alleviate math anxiety by getting physical in front of a screen. Players move into so-called 'power poses.'
It's all based on the incredibly popular TED talk below. The game Scoops! from NYU-Poly's Game Innovation Lab turns fractions into fun and attempts to put research about the mind-body connection to use all by making kids stand strong. Can it heal Manoush’s own math PTSD?
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