Negative Aging Stereotypes Impair Performance on Brief Cognitive Tests Used to Screen for Predementia
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Negative Aging Stereotypes Impair Performance on Brief Cognitive Tests Used to Screen for Predementia.
Objectives There is today ample evidence that negative aging stereotypes impair healthy older adults' performance on cognitive tasks. Here, we tested whether these stereotypes also decrease performance during the screening for predementia on short cognitive tests widely used in primary care. Method An experiment was conducted on 80 healthy older adults taking the Mini Mental State Examination...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1079-5014,1758-5368
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbw083