On the relation between math and spatial ability: The case of math anxiety

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Cognitive and Emotional Math Problems Largely Dissociate: Prevalence of Developmental Dyscalculia and Mathematics Anxiety (2017, background): “Mathematics gender stereotypes do have detrimental effects on girls’ performance (Appel, Kronberger, & Aronson, 2011; Flore & Wicherts, 2015), and other work has suggested that parents’ and teachers’ gender-stereotyped beliefs influence children’s attainment and indirectly affect children’s…”
Math Performance and Academic Anxiety Forms, from Sociodemographic to Cognitive Aspects: a Meta-analysis on 906,311 Participants (2021, background): “In general, girls consistently reported significantly more anxiety than boys in terms of both MA (Ferguson et al., 2015; Hembree, 1990; Maloney et al., 2012) and TA (e.g. Putwain, 2007; Putwain & Daly, 2014; Zeidner & Schleyer, 1999).”
Reappraising Stress Arousal Improves Performance and Reduces Evaluation Anxiety in Classroom Exam Situations (2016, background): “Prior research conceptualizes math anxiety as linked to trait anxiety (e.g., Ferguson, Maloney, Fugelsang, & Risko, 2015).”