Task modulations of racial bias in neural responses to others' suffering

NeuroImage

Volumn 88, Issue , 2014, Pages 263-270

  Sheng, Feng ^a,b   Liu, Qiang ^c   Li, Hong ^c   Fang, Fang ^a   Han, Shihui ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Peking University   (China)

^c LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate; FMRI; Insula; Pain expression; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DORSAL MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; EMOTION; EMPATHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PAIN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUFFERING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPOROPARIETAL JUNCTION;

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; FMRI; INSULA; PAIN EXPRESSION; RACE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN PERCEPTION; RACISM; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896705453     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.10.017     Document Type: Article

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