The impact of stereotype threat on age differences in memory performance

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Hess, Thomas M ^a   Auman, Corinne ^a   Colcombe, Stanley J ^c   Rahhal, Tamara A ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; STEREOTYPY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0037238391     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/58.1.P3     Document Type: Article

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