The effect of mindfulness and stereotype threat in mental rotation: a pupillometry study

The effects of a brief mindfulness intervention and a stereotype threat activation on behavioural performance and cognitive load in a chronometric mental rotation test with cube figures were investigated. 107 participants (55 women and 52 men) were divided into four test groups (mindful or control intervention combined with or without stereotype threat activation). They completed two sets of 150 items each with cube figures of similar complexity...