Decisions to shoot in a weapon identification task: The influence of cultural stereotypes and perceived threat on false positive errors

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 201-220

  Fleming, Kevin K ^a   Bandy, Carole L ^a   Kimble, Matthew O ^b  

^a NORWICH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Event related potential; Pupil size; Stereotypes; Threat perception; Weapon bias

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONFLICT; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUPIL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BRAIN MAPPING; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUPIL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 77952182843     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470910903268931     Document Type: Article

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