Older Adults’ Emotion Recognition Ability Is Unaffected by Stereotype Threat

Eliciting negative stereotypes about ageing commonly results in worse performance on many physical, memory, and cognitive tasks in adults aged over 65. The current studies explored the potential effect of this “stereotype threat” phenomenon on older adults’ emotion recognition, a cognitive ability t...

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Main Authors: Lianne Atkinson, Janice E. Murray, Jamin Halberstadt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.605724/full