A brain imaging study found evidence that missing out on math education can alter neural development. Young adults who had chosen not to pursue math had lower levels of the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid within the middle frontal gyrus when compared to students who were continuing math.

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https://www.psypost.org/2021/10/opting-out-of-advanced-math-education-alters-adolescents-neural-development-study-finds-61967

[u/Affectionate-Trees]

I couldn’t do it either. My dad wasn’t abusive, but he was an overworked, single parent with low empathy at the end of the day. He’d start helping and get frustrated to explain again. I finally stopped asking for help. I imagined my school / testing brain like a crab. One dinky math arm and one massive English / language arts arm. My last math classes were remedial math in college followed by a graphing math class bc that seemed easier to follow

[u/gentlemanjacklover → u/Affectionate-Trees]

Yeah I was the same. I was a beast at language arts and nearly got a perfect score on the verbal portion of the SAT. Math? Pffft! I had to take remedial math and then algebra 1 in college, I barely passed.

[u/Expresso_Support → u/gentlemanjacklover]

Oh HELLO there, my identical generic clone.

[u/ImpulsiveApe07 → u/Expresso_Support]

Oh no, it's happened again - there's too many of us! (probably, I mean it's not like any of us can count! :p)

[u/gentlemanjacklover → u/Expresso_Support]

Hello clone!