Neural Signals for the Detection of Unintentional Race Bias.

A study was conducted to test the assumption that unintentional race-biased responses may occur in spite of the activation of neural systems designed to detect bias and to recruit controlled processing. Although race-biased responses were found to be prevalent across the participants, the findings...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Psychological Science. Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 88 - 94
Main Authors:	Amodio, David M., Harmon-Jones, Eddie, Devine, Patricia G.
Format:	Article
Published:	HWW Temp February 2004
Subjects:	Racial & ethnic attitudes Race Brain function localization Stereotypes
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	A study was conducted to test the assumption that unintentional race-biased responses may occur in spite of the activation of neural systems designed to detect bias and to recruit controlled processing. Although race-biased responses were found to be prevalent across the participants, the findings indicated that those with larger error-related negativity waves to race-biased responses displayed higher levels of control throughout the task.