The role of the prefrontal cortex in controlling gender-stereotypical associations: A TMS investigation

NeuroImage

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1839-1846

  Cattaneo, Zaira ^a   Mattavelli, Giulia ^a   Platania, Elisa ^a   Papagno, Costanza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; Gender stereotypes; IAT; Inhibition; Prefrontal cortex; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR DORSOMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOTYPY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREJUDICE; READING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STEREOTYPING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955468798     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.02.037     Document Type: Article

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