Challenging emotional prejudice by changing self-concept: Priming independent self-construal reduces racial in-group bias in neural responses to other's pain

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1195-1201

  Wang, Chenbo ^a   Wu, Bing ^b   Liu, Yi ^a   Wu, Xinhuai ^b   Han, Shihui ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Empathy; FMRI; In group bias; Race; Self construal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CAUCASIAN; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN; PREJUDICE; RACISM; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941274654     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsv005     Document Type: Article

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