Rapid social perception is flexible: Approach and avoidance motivational states shape P100 responses to other-race faces

Research on person categorization suggests that people automatically and inflexibly categorize others according to group memberships, such as race. Consistent with this view, research using electroencephalography (EEG) has found that White participants tend to show an early difference in processing...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Main Authors:	William eCunningham, Jay eVan Bavel, Nathan eArbuckle, Dominic ePacker, Ashley eWaggoner
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-05-01
Subjects:	Motivation face perception ERP race P100 social perception
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00140/full