Abstract
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to examine the nature of amygdala sensitivity to race. Both African-American and Caucasian-American individuals showed greater amygdala activity to African-American targets than to Caucasian-American targets, suggesting that race-related amygdala activity may result from cultural learning rather than from the novelty of other races. Additionally, verbal encoding of African-American targets produced significantly less amygdala activity than perceptual encoding of African-American targets.
Publication types
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Amygdala / physiology*
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Auditory Perception / physiology
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Black People / psychology*
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Brain Mapping
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Culture
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Emotions / physiology*
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Face*
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Fear / physiology
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Functional Laterality / physiology
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Habituation, Psychophysiologic / physiology
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Humans
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Neuropsychological Tests
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Pattern Recognition, Visual / physiology
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Photic Stimulation
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Race Relations / psychology*
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Verbal Behavior / physiology
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White People / psychology*