The neural correlates of race

Tiffany A Ito; Bruce D Bartholow

doi:10.1016/j.tics.2009.10.002

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The neural correlates of race

Tiffany A Ito and Bruce D Bartholow

Trends in cognitive sciences, Vol.13(12), pp.524-531

12/01/2009

DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2009.10.002

PMCID: PMC2796452

PMID: 19896410

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Abstract

Behavioral analyses are a natural choice for understanding the wide-ranging behavioral consequences of racial stereotyping and prejudice. However, studies using neuroimaging and electrophysiological research have recently considered the neural mechanisms that underlie racial categorization and the activation and application of racial stereotypes and prejudice, revealing exciting new insights. Work that we review here points to the importance of neural structures previously associated with face processing, semantic knowledge activation, evaluation and self-regulatory behavioral control, enabling specification of a neural model of race processing. We show how research on the neural correlates of race can serve to link otherwise disparate lines of evidence on the neural underpinnings of a broad array of social-cognitive phenomena; we also consider the implications for effecting change in race relations.

Brain - anatomy & histology

Brain - physiology

Brain Mapping

Cognition - physiology

Continental Population Groups - psychology

Diagnostic Imaging

Electrophysiology

Humans

Prejudice

Social Perception

Stereotyping

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Title: Subtitle: The neural correlates of race
Creators: Tiffany A Ito - University of Colorado, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, 345 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0345, USA. tiffany.ito@colorado.edu
Bruce D Bartholow - University of Missouri
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Trends in cognitive sciences, Vol.13(12), pp.524-531
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2009.10.002
PMID: 19896410
PMCID: PMC2796452
NLM abbreviation: Trends Cogn Sci
ISSN: 1364-6613
eISSN: 1879-307X
Grant note: R01 DA024002 / NIDA NIH HHS R01DA024002 / NIDA NIH HHS R21 AA017282-02 / NIAAA NIH HHS R01 DA024002-01A2 / NIDA NIH HHS R21AA017282 / NIAAA NIH HHS R01 MH071257-05 / NIMH NIH HHS R21 AA017282 / NIAAA NIH HHS R01 MH071257 / NIMH NIH HHS R01MH071257 / NIMH NIH HHS
Language: English
Date published: 12/01/2009
Academic Unit: Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
Record Identifier: 9984446262502771

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