Ethnicity, minority status, and inter-group bias: A systematic meta-analysis on fMRI studies.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This meta-analysis investigated (1) whether ethnic minority and majority members have a neural inter-group bias toward each other, and (2) whether various ethnic groups (i.e., White, Black, and Asian) are processed in the brain differently by the other respective ethnicities.

Methods

A systematic coordinate-based meta-analysis of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies was conducted using Web of Science, PubMed, and PsycINFO (altogether 50 datasets, n = 1211, 50.1% female).

Results

We found that ethnic minority members did not show any signs of neural inter-group bias (e.g., no majority-group derogation). Ethnic majority members, in turn, expressed biased responses toward minority (vs. majority) members in frontal, parietal, temporal,

SUBMITTER: Saarinen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9852837 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature