Community-level explicit racial prejudice potentiates whites' neural responses to black faces: A spatial meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: We evaluated the hypothesis that neural responses to racial out-group members vary systematically based on the level of racial prejudice in the surrounding community. To do so, we conducted a spatial meta-analysis, which included a comprehensive set of studies (k = 22; N = 481). Specifically, we tested whether community-level racial prejudice moderated neural activation to Black (vs. White) faces in primarily White participants. Racial attitudes, obtained from Project Implicit, were aggregated to the county (k = 17; N = 10,743) in which each study was conducted. Multi-level kernel density analysis demonstrated that significant differences in neural activation to Black (vs. White) faces in right amygdala, dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex were detected mor

SUBMITTER: Hatzenbuehler ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10089941 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature