The neuroscience of in-group bias

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1530-1536

  Molenberghs, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action perception; Empathy; Face perception; Group membership; In group bias; Social categorization; Social neuroscience; Vicarious responses

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONFLICT; EMPATHY; EVOLUTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; IN GROUP BIAS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NOCICEPTION; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ACTION PERCEPTION; EMPATHY; FACE PERCEPTION; GROUP MEMBERSHIP; IN-GROUP BIAS; SOCIAL CATEGORIZATION; SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE; VICARIOUS RESPONSES;

BRAIN; EMPATHY; HUMANS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84880006274     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.06.002     Document Type: Review

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