Oxytocin eliminates the own-race bias in face recognition memory

Brain Research

Volumn 1580, Issue , 2014, Pages 180-187

  Blandón Gitlin, Iris ^a   Pezdek, Kathy ^b   Saldivar, Sesar ^a   Steelman, Erin ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Encoding; Face recognition; Other race bias; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; COGNITIVE BIAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACE RECOGNITION MEMORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OWN RACE BIAS; RECOGNITION; VISUAL MEMORY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANCESTRY GROUP; DRUG EFFECTS; FACE; GROUP PROCESS; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FACE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907701575     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.07.015     Document Type: Article

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