The Group Mind: The Pervasive Influence of Social Identity on Cognition

Research and Perspectives in Neurosciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-56

  Van Bavel, Jay J ^a   Hackel, Leor M ^a   Xiao, Y Jenny ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EGO DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FACE; FUSIFORM FACE AREA; HUMAN; INTERGROUP BIAS; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROSCIENCE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; RACISM; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 84896732179     PISSN: 09456082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-02904-7_4     Document Type: Review

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