How Stereotype Threat Affects Healthy Older Adults' Performance on Clinical Assessments of Cognitive Decline: The Key Role of Regulatory Fit

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 891-900

  Barber, Sarah J ^a   Mather, Mara ^b   Gatz, Margaret ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Memory; Regulatory fit; Regulatory focus; Stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

AGED; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPING; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84946568438     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbv009     Document Type: Article

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