Genetics plays a role in your maths talent

A new study made by people from the university of Ohio (USA) shows how some people could be predisposed to be better in maths than others because of some genetic factors.

For proving this, they made an experiment with more than 200 twins and 300 fraternal twins who where evaluated since they where 9 until they were 15 years old. They evaluated them by doing maths anxiety tests, general anxiety tests, solving maths problems and reading understanding. The results showed that almost 40% of the anxiety differences were related to genetic factors.

The fact that some children or even adults have fear of maths has a genetic component. This difficults solving problems, so it can have a deep effect on learning.

All this doesn't mean that all the problems people have with maths are due to the genetic factors, because other factors suchas the school, our home... play also an important role.