Amygdala sensitivity to race is not present in childhood but emerges over adolescence

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 234-244

  Telzer, Eva H ^a   Humphreys, Kathryn L ^b   Shapiro, Mor ^b   Tottenham, Nim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; OCCIPITAL GYRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84871796667     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00311     Document Type: Article

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