The neural correlates of race

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 524-531

  Ito, Tiffany A ^a   Bartholow, Bruce D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS; BEHAVIORAL CONTROL; NEURAL CORRELATE; NEURAL MECHANISMS; NEURAL MODELS; NEURAL STRUCTURES; NEURO-IMAGING; SEMANTIC KNOWLEDGE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACE; HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RACE; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 70449636021     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2009.10.002     Document Type: Review

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