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Aversive responses to stereotypic science and math-based (STEM) images predict women's long-term STEM memories and underperformance in math.

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Authors: Chad E Forbes1, Rachel C Amey2, Irmak Olcaysoy Okten3
  1. Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, 326 Health South Building, Phoenix, 85004 AZ USA
  2. Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE USA
  3. Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL USA
Institutions: Arizona State University (United States); University of Delaware (United States); Florida State University (United States)
Journal: Scientific reports, volume 16, issue 1, article 9581
Dates: received 26 June 2025; accepted 6 November 2025; published online 5 March 2026
Type: Research article · Language: English
License: CC BY-NC-ND
Identifiers: DOI 10.1038/s41598-025-27999-3 · PMID 41786793 · PMCID PMC13009467 · OpenAlex W7133908911
Open access: gold, a free copy (OpenAlex)
Status: data only
Categories: EEG (modality), human (organism), cognitive (subfield)
Methods: Statistics, Connectivity, Evoked potentials, Physiology & signal measures
Keywords: Social identity threat, STEM aversions, Attentional bias, Social neuroscience, Emotional memory, Executive function, EEG, Network connectivity, Neuroscience, Psychology
MeSH: Mathematics*, Memory*, Science*, Stereotyping*, Adult, Arousal, Electroencephalography, Engineering, Female, Humans, Social Identification, Technology, Young Adult (* major topic)
Topic: Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Psychology), according to OpenAlex
Funding: National Science Foundation (1329281)
Citations: not cited yet (Europe PMC); 75 references in the paper

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Forbes, C. E., Amey, R. C., & Olcaysoy Okten, I. (2026). Aversive responses to stereotypic science and math-based (STEM) images predict women's long-term STEM memories and underperformance in math. Scientific reports, 16(1), 9581. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-27999-3

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@article{forbes2026aversive,
author = {Forbes, Chad E and Amey, Rachel C and Olcaysoy Okten, Irmak},
title = {{Aversive responses to stereotypic science and math-based (STEM) images predict women's long-term STEM memories and underperformance in math}},
journal = {Scientific reports},
year = {2026},
month = mar,
volume = {16},
number = {1},
pages = {9581},
publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
issn = {2045-2322},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-025-27999-3},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-27999-3},
pmid = {41786793},
pmcid = {PMC13009467}
}

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