Implicit Race Bias Decreases the Similarity of Neural Representations of Black and White Faces

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 160-166

  Brosch, Tobias ^a,b   Bar David, Eyal ^a   Phelps, Elizabeth A ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

face perception; individual differences; neuroimaging; social cognition; stereotyped attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873564950     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612451465     Document Type: Article

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