Situation-based social anxiety enhances the neural processing of faces: Evidence from an intergroup context

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1055-1061

  Ofan, Renana H ^a   Rubin, Nava ^a   Amodio, David M ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Event related potential (ERP); Face; N170; Race; Social

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BRAIN; CAUCASIAN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ANXIETY; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891647872     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nst087     Document Type: Article

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