Dissociable neural correlates of stereotypes and other forms of semantic knowledge

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 764-770

  Contreras, Juan Manuel ^a   Banaji, Mahzarin R ^a   Mitchell, Jason P ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

FMRI; Semantic knowledge; Social cognitive neuroscience; Social knowledge; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMANTICS; STEREOTYPY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEMANTICS; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867801758     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsr053     Document Type: Article

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