The paper examines how IQ, academic performance, and brain connectivity relate in physics students, finding IQ increases and associations with brain connectivity, but no mediation of academic outcomes.

bioRxiv · Jan 23, 2021 · PreprintNeuroscience

Brain activity links performance in science reasoning with conceptual approach

Jessica E. Bartley, Michael C. Riedel, Taylor Salo, Emily R. Boeving, Katherine L. Bottenhorn, Elsa I. Bravo, Rosalie Odean, Alina Nazareth, Robert W. Laird, Matthew T. Sutherland, Shannon M. Pruden, Eric T. Brewe, Angela R. Laird

The paper examines brain function during physics problem solving in students, linking conceptual approaches to neural mechanisms and success in science reasoning.

npj Science of Learning · Dec 2, 2019Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Sex differences in brain correlates of STEM anxiety

Ariel A. Gonzalez, Katherine L. Bottenhorn, Jessica E. Bartley, Timothy Hayes, Michael C. Riedel, Taylor Salo, Elsa I. Bravo, Rosalie Odean, Alina Nazareth, Robert W. Laird, Matthew T. Sutherland, Eric T. Brewe, Shannon M. Pruden, Angela R. Laird

This study examines sex differences in brain connectivity related to STEM anxiety in undergraduate physics students, finding sex-specific impacts on neural networks and academic performance.

npj Science of Learning · Nov 1, 2019Peer-reviewedNeuroscience