The detrimental impacts of negative age stereotypes on the episodic memory of older adults: does social participation moderate the effects?

Abstract Background Older adults’ cognitive abilities can be impaired through priming of negative age stereotypes. However, it is unclear whether the effects of negative priming can be extended to episodic memory, which is believed to be the most age-sensitive type among the long-term memory systems...

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Main Authors: Stephen C. Y. Chan, Alma M. L. Au, Simon M. K. Lai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-020-01833-z