Learning task affects ERP-correlates of the own-race bias, but not recognition memory performance

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2027-2040

  Stahl, Johanna ^a   Wiese, Holger ^a   Schweinberger, Stefan R ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

ERP; Face processing; N170; Own race bias; P2; Recognition memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RACE; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BRAIN MAPPING; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953022021     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.03.024     Document Type: Article

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