In-group as part of the self: In-group favoritism is mediated by medial prefrontal cortex activation

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 244-260

  Volz, Kirsten G ^a,b   Kessler, Thomas ^c,d   von Cramon, D Yves ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fMRI; In group favoritism; Medial prefrontal cortex; Self categorization; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; ASSOCIATION; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR VISION; HUMAN RELATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651220669     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470910802553565     Document Type: Article

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