University of Poitiers, CNRS

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Highlighting and Reducing the Impact of Negative Aging Stereotypes During Older Adults' Cognitive Testing

Marie Mazerolle¹, Isabelle Régner², François Rigalleau³, Pascal Huguet⁴

¹Department and Laboratory of Psychology, MSHE, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, ²Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, LPC, ³Department of Psychology, University of Poitiers, CNRS, ⁴University of Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, LAPSCO

Here, we present a protocol designed to show how negative aging stereotypes can impair memory performance of older adults during cognitive testing and how to reduce this deleterious effect. This method can help older people to perform at an optimal level during testing in both lab studies and clinical settings.