Perceived Discrimination, Nativity, and Cognitive Performance in a Multi-ethnic Study of Older Adults: Findings from the Kaiser Healthy Aging and Diverse Life Experiences (KHANDLE) Study.

Erika MezaRachel L Peterson Paola Gilsanz Kristen M GeorgeSunita J MilesChloe W EngDan M MungasElizabeth Rose MayedaM Maria GlymourRachel A Whitmer

Published in: The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences (2021)

Our findings do not imply that discrimination improves cognition, but rather suggest that future research should include more detailed measures on discrimination and unfair treatment that could help disentangle the extent to which relationships are causal or reflect some other underlying factor.

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