Mindful maths: Reducing the impact of stereotype threat through a mindfulness exercise

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2012-03-01

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Weger, Ulrich W.
Hooper, Nic
Meier, Brian P.
Hopthrow, Tim

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Individuals who experience stereotype threat - the pressure resulting from social comparisons that are perceived as unfavourable - show performance decrements across a wide range of tasks. One account of this effect is that the cognitive pressure triggered by such threat drains the same cognitive (or working-memory) resources that are implicated in the respective task. The present study investigates whether mindfulness can be used to moderate stereotype threat, as mindfulness has previously been shown to alleviate working-memory load. Our results show that performance decrements that typically occur under stereotype threat can indeed be reversed when the individual engages in a brief (5 min) mindfulness task. The theoretical implications of our findings are discussed. Crown Copyright (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Mindfulness, Stereotype threat

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/67736

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CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2011.10.011

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U. W. Weger, N. Hooper, B. P. Meier, and T. Hopthrow, “Mindful maths: Reducing the impact of stereotype threat through a mindfulness exercise,” CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION, pp. 471–475, 2012, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/67736.