Oxytocin modulates the racial bias in neural responses to others' suffering

Biological Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 380-386

  Sheng, Feng ^a,b   Liu, Yi ^a   Zhou, Bin ^c   Zhou, Wen ^c   Han, Shihui ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Peking University   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Empathy; ERP; Oxytocin; Racial bias

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REACTION TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RACISM; REACTION TIME; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871908761     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.11.018     Document Type: Article

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