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KMID : 0379220160360041109
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Journal of Korea Gerontological Society
2016 Volume.36 No. 4 p.1109 ~ p.1124
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Effect of Stereotype Threat on Spatial Working Memory and Emotion Recognition in Korean elderly
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Lee Kyoung-Eun
Lee Wan-Jeoung
Choi Kee-Hong
Kim Hyun-Taek
Choi Jung-Sesk
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Abstract
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We examined the effect of stereotype threat (STT) on spatial working memory and facial emotion recognition in Korean elderly. In addition, we investigated the role of expected moderator such as self-perception of aging. Seventeen seniors (male=7) received basic cognitive tests including K-WMS-IV, MMSE and answered self-report questionnaires including self-perception of aging, anxiety of aging, attitude toward aging and age identity on the first visit. On the second visit, they were exposed to negative stereotype by reading a script detailing cognitive decline related to aging while a control group was exposed to a neutral content. Following the exposure, they were tested on a spatial-working memory task (Corsi-block tapping task) and emotion recognition task (facial expression identification task). The results showed that the seniors exposed to STT showed significantly lower performance on emotion recognition task (p < .05) (i.e., especially on the more difficult facial stimuli). In addition, there was a significant interaction between STT and self-perception of aging (p< .05), indicating that those who have positive self-perception of aging did not show impairment in emotion recognition task and difficult spatial working memory task under STT. On the other hand, those with negative self-perception of aging showed impaired performance under STT. Taken together, the current study suggests that being exposed to STT could negatively influence cognitive and emotional functioning of elderly. Interestingly, having a positive self-perception of aging could protect the underperformance caused by STT.
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KEYWORD
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elderly , stereotype threat , spatial-working memory , emotion recognition , self perception of aging
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