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, in Asian populations. Social participation has recently emerged as a potential protective factor for maintaining the cognitive function of older adults. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of negative age stereotype priming on episodic memory and the moderating role of social participation in the priming effect.

Methods

A total of 105 community-dwelling older adults residing in Hong Kong were randomly allocated to two experimental conditions. Participants were primed eit

SUBMITTER: Chan SCY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7643323 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature