AR Filters Change How We Think, Not Who We Like: Effects of Role and Age Embodiment on Cognitive Performance and Age Bias

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The signal observed in the study. In the scientist-attire condition, stronger embodied identification was modestly associated with improvement on the second mental-arithmetic test. The figure presents this association; it does not indicate a corresponding reduction in age bias.

The featured image shows the smartphone-based AR setting: a self-view augmented with scientist attire. Together with the result plot, it distinguishes the study’s two questions - whether virtual aging and role cues affect age bias, and whether identification with those cues relates to cognitive performance.

Ageism | Étienne Peillard

AR Filters Change How We Think, Not Who We Like: Effects of Role and Age Embodiment on Cognitive Performance and Age Bias