The effects of stereotype threat on older adults' walking performance as a function of task difficulty and resource evaluations - Barber SJ, Hamel K, Ketcham C, Lui K, Taylor-Ketcham N.

Stereotype threat occurs when people are concerned about confirming a negative stereotype about their social group, and this often leads people to underperform within the threatened domain. Although this is well-documented, the majority of prior studies ex...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news