Decoding "Us" and "Them": Neural representations of generalized group concepts

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 621-631

  Cikara, Mina ^a   Van Bavel, Jay J ^b   Ingbretsen, Zachary A ^b   Lau, Tatiana ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Intergroup relations; Multi voxel pattern analysis; Social categories

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85018971252     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xge0000287     Document Type: Article

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