Psychological Research
Negative suggestions impair task performance in older adults
In an online randomized trial involving 96 healthy older adults, negative suggestions impaired task performance, while positive suggestions improved expectations but not…In an online randomized trial involving 96 healthy older adults, negative suggestions impaired task performance, while positive suggestions improved expectations but not performance.
Randomized trial · 86 peopleInterventions
Who was studied86 older adults, four-minute, against older adults receiving neutral suggestions
What changedVisual task performance worsened after negative suggestions, while performance stayed stable after neutral suggestions
The catchGender composition differed between groups, with no gender-specific analyses to check its influence