Autor: |
Alex Pak Lik Tsang, Stephen Cheong Yu Chan, Hui Jing Lu, Chi Chung Wong |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2024 |
Předmět: |
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Zdroj: |
Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 15 (2024) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
1664-1078 |
DOI: |
10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1379160 |
Popis: |
The present study aimed to investigate the effect of a blatant activation of age-based stereotype threats (ABST) on time-based prospective memory (TBPM) in older adults. A sample of 74 adults from Hong Kong was randomly assigned to one of the two experimental conditions: the stereotyped condition (n = 36) or the neutral condition (n = 38). Participants were asked to read fictitious news reports related to dementia (stereotyped condition) or the importance of English oral skills (neutral condition). After, all participants performed a TBPM task using the Chinese lexical decision task as an ongoing task block. The results indicate a main effect of ABST on TBPM accuracy. Specifically, older adults under a blatant activation of ABST demonstrated lower TBPM accuracy (p |
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Directory of Open Access Journals |
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