Age-related variation in the influences of aging stereotypes on memory in adulthood

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 621-625

  Hess, Thomas M ^a   Hinson, Joey T ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Memory; Stereotype threat; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; RECALL; STEREOTYPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY; APTITUDE; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF EFFICACY; SEMANTICS; STEREOTYPING; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 33749020825     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.21.3.621     Document Type: Article

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