Neural correlates of the in-group memory advantage on the encoding and recognition of faces.

ABSTRACT: People have a memory advantage for faces that belong to the same group, for example, that attend the same university or have the same personality type. Faces from such in-group members are assumed to receive more attention during memory encoding and are therefore recognized more accurately. Here we use event-related potentials related to memory encoding and retrieval to investigate the neural correlates of the in-group memory advantage. Using the minimal group procedure, subjects were classified based on a bogus personality test as belonging to one of two personality types. While the electroencephalogram was recorded, subjects studied and recognized faces supposedly belonging to the subject's own and the other personality type. Subjects recognized in-group faces more accurately than out-gr

SUBMITTER: Herzmann G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3866141 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature