A Moment of Science
Arithmophobia–is that a fear of arithmetic? As you probably already know, there are people who have irrational fear of certain numbers. It’s called “arithmophobia” or “numerophobia.” As it turns out, this is true of different cultures as well.
Complex arithmetic places special demands on what is known as your working memory, the place where you store the information you need in the short-term.
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