Stereotype threat

3 papers3 findings

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

Labs are independent when their papers share no last author and no institution.

Against: findings that point the other way from most findings on the same outcome.

On aging: the drug’s trials ARN judged to be about aging, of every trial that tests it for any use.

No results posted: trials that ended more than a year ago with no results on ClinicalTrials.gov and no paper in ARN’s record.

Company ties: findings with an author at a company, or from a paper whose competing-interests statement declares ties to one.

2 independent labs in 1 country

Funders: Conseil Régional des Pays de la Loire and 1 more

Human trial1

Outcomes

Processing efficiency

downin humans1

1 study

Stereotype threat impairs processing efficiency in humans.
“This reduced processing efficiency, as the threatened group needed to mobilise supplementary resources to achieve the same level of performance as the control group.”
Human trialin older adults
The impact of stereotype threat on episodic memory and metamemory in older adults: when study time matters
Memory (Hove, England)5 Aug 2026

Study time

upin humans1

1 study

Stereotype threat increases study time in humans.
“overall study time was higher in the threatened group than in the control one.”
Human trialin older adults
The impact of stereotype threat on episodic memory and metamemory in older adults: when study time matters
Memory (Hove, England)5 Aug 2026

Associations

Physical function

mixedin humans1

1 study

Stereotype threat is associated with physical function in humans.
“This review finds inconsistent effects of age-based stereotypes on older adults' physical performance, with mostly no effect observed, but occasionally negative or even positive effects.”
Review
Age-based stereotype threat: A scoping review of stereotype threat methodologies and their effects on physical performance
Journal of sports sciences19 Feb 2026

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Memory5 Aug

The impact of stereotype threat on episodic memory and metamemory in older adults: when study time matters

Randomised trial in 92 peopleMechanisms

Paper

Journal of Sports Sciences19 Feb

Age-based stereotype threat: A scoping review of stereotype threat methodologies and their effects on physical performance

Systematic reviewPopulations

Paper

GSA 2025 Abstract3 Jan

Age-Related Stereotype Threat and Its Impact on Working Memory in Older Adults: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Systematic review of randomised trialsMechanisms

Paper