Mathematical anxiety is the fear of mathematics.

Performance anxiety

People's fear of math can be related to test taking and performance anxiety. Some scholars have suggested a strong relation between math anxiety and math performance.. Current research in math anxiety concerns working memory.

Anxiety rating scale

A rating scale for mathematics anxiety was written about in 1972 by Richardson and Suinn, who according to a recent experimental paper in mathematics anxiety, described mathematical anxiety as, "... characterized by feelings of apprehension and tension concerning manipulation of numbers and completion of mathematical problems in various contexts."

Mathematics and women

Related to this is gender and mathematics as younger female scholars are thought to develop anxiety towards mathematics and sciences when they become more interested in social relations in their teen years. It is thought that women experience more anxiety in mathematics as a group than men and this has also been suggested in regards computer programming. See for instance [Copper, Joel, & Weaver D, Kimberlee. Gender and Computers: "Understanding the Digital Divide"] who explore computing and gender and especially have done experiments relating gender and anxiety.