That’s called “stereotype threat”, and it’s been caught up in the replication crisis. In short, the effect is hard to reproduce and tends to be small. It’s been known for some time now, here’s an article from 2015: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/rabble-rouser/201512...
I wish people would stop bringing up studies that don’t reproduce, they’re no better than anecdotes.
Setting this aside for a deeper read, but it appears at first glance that the concerns revolve around statistical technique rather than methodological soundness?
I wish people would stop bringing up studies that don’t reproduce, they’re no better than anecdotes.