An fMRI investigation of race-related amygdala activity in African-American and Caucasian-American individuals

Lieberman, Matthew D; Hariri, Ahmad; Jarcho, Johanna M; Eisenberger, Naomi I; Bookheimer, Susan Y

doi:10.1038/nn1465

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An fMRI investigation of race-related amygdala activity in African-American and Caucasian-American individuals

Lieberman, Matthew D, Hariri, Ahmad, Jarcho, Johanna M, Eisenberger, Naomi I, Bookheimer, Susan Y·2005·Nature Neuroscience

DOI 10.1038/nn1465

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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to examine the nature of amygdala sensitivity to race. Both African-American and Caucasian-American individuals showed greater amygdala activity to African-American targets than to Caucasian-American targets, suggesting that race-related amygdala activity may result from cultural learning rather than from the novelty of other races. Additionally, verbal encoding of African-American targets produced significantly less amygdala activity than perceptual encoding of African-American targets.

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Authors: Lieberman, M. D., Hariri, A., Jarcho, J. M., Eisenberger, N. I., & Bookheimer, S. Y.
Affiliations: University of California, Los Angeles (US)
University of Pittsburgh (US)
Corresponding author: Lieberman, Matthew D
ORCID: Lieberman, Matthew D
Hariri, Ahmad
Jarcho, Johanna M
Eisenberger, Naomi I
Bookheimer, Susan Y
Venue: Nature Neuroscience
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2005-05-08
Volume: 8
Issue: 6
Pages: 720-722
ISSN: 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
1546-1726
DOI: 10.1038/nn1465
OpenAlex: W2014595604
Cited by: 362
References: 15
Citations by year: 2026: 8 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 22 · 2014: 21 · 2013: 24 · 2012: 25
FWCI: 77.77
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Nature Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: National Institute of Mental Health (R21MH066709, MH66709)
National Center for Research Resources (RR08655, P41RR013642, RR12169, RR 13642, C06RR012169)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
Keywords: racial bias, amygdala, cultural learning, face perception, verbal encoding, perceptual coding, racial classification, intergroup perception
MeSH terms: Amygdala, Auditory Perception, Black or African American, Brain Mapping, Culture, Emotions, Face, Fear, Habituation, Psychophysiologic, Humans, Functional Laterality, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Neuropsychological Tests, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Photic Stimulation, Race Relations, Verbal Behavior, Black People, White People

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