Xia is participating in a psychology experiment in which she has been exposed to math stereotype threat while her brain activity is monitored. You could predict that the scan would show:

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Stereotype threat can lead to increased anxiety and emotional processing, which would show increased activity in social and emotional regions, and it can also impair performance, leading to reduced activity in areas associated with math performance.

Xia Is Participating in a Psychology Experiment in Which She