Contingent negative variation to emotional in- and out-group stimuli differentiates high- and low-prejudiced individuals

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1830-1839

  Chiu, Pearl ^a,d   Ambady, Nalini ^b   Deldin, Patricia ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CAUCASIAN; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FACE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PREJUDICE; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 11144223290     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0898929042947946     Document Type: Article

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