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Understanding maths anxiety: navigating through the fear of failure
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[4] Website that describes the stress response Understanding the stress response - Harvard Health source details tbc - found this but it doesn't seem to match the info cited in the text about predators / freeze responses https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/understanding-the-stress-response