Neural Correlates of Racial Ingroup Bias in Observing Computer-Animated Social Encounters.

ABSTRACT: Despite evidence for the role of group membership in the neural correlates of social cognition, the mechanisms associated with processing non-verbal behaviors displayed by racially ingroup vs. outgroup members remain unclear. Here, 20 Caucasian participants underwent fMRI recording while observing social encounters with ingroup and outgroup characters displaying dynamic and static non-verbal behaviors. Dynamic behaviors included approach and avoidance behaviors, preceded or not by a handshake; both dynamic and static behaviors were followed by participants' ratings. Behaviorally, participants showed bias toward their ingroup members, demonstrated by faster/slower reaction times for evaluating ingroup static/approach behaviors, respectively. At the neural level, despite overall similar resp

SUBMITTER: Katsumi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5758503 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature