Fear is readily associated with an out-group face in a minimal group context

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 590-593

  Navarrete, Carlos David ^a   McDonald, Melissa M ^a   Asher, Benjamin D ^a   Kerr, Norbert L ^a   Yokota, Kunihiro ^b   Olsson, Andreas ^c   Sidanius, Jim ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HIROSHIMA SHUDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalitional psychology; Fear; Fight flight; Intergroup bias; Minimal groups; Prepared learning

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84865289259     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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