Negative stereotype activation alters interaction between neural correlates of arousal, inhibition and cognitive control

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 771-781

  Forbes, Chad E ^a   Cox, Christine L ^a   Schmader, Toni ^b   Ryan, Lee ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Implicit and explicit processing; Prefrontal cortex; Social neuroscience; Stereotype inhibition; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; ETHNOLOGY; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AROUSAL; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862837143     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr052     Document Type: Article

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