An fMRI investigation of the impact of interracial contact on executive function

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1323-1328

  Richeson, Jennifer A ^a   Baird, Abigail A ^a   Gordon, Heather L ^a   Heatherton, Todd F ^a   Wyland, Carrie L ^a   Trawalter, Sophie ^a   Shelton, J Nicole ^b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CAUCASIAN; COLOR VISION; COLOR VISION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREJUDICE; THINKING;

EID: 0345690180     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1156     Document Type: Article

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