The effect of ethnicity and team membership on face processing: A cultural neuroscience perspective

Yan Z, Schmidt SNL, Saur S, Kirsch P, Mier D (2019)


Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2019

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Book Volume: 14

Pages Range: 1017-1025

Journal Issue: 9

DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsz083

Abstract

In-ethnicity bias, as one of the in-group biases, is widespread in different cultures, interfering with cross-ethnicity communication. Recent studies have revealed that an in-ethnicity bias can be reduced by an in-team bias caused by the membership in a mixed-ethnicity team. However, the neural correlates of different in-group biases are still not clear, especially regarding possible cultural differences. A total of 44 participants (20 Chinese and 24 Germans) were recruited and completed a social categorization fMRI-task, categorizing faces according to their ethnicity and a learned team membership. Our behavioral results revealed both in-ethnicity and in-team bias in German participants, but not in Chinese participants. Our imaging results, however, showed both biases across all participants, as reflected in increased dorsal medial frontal cortex (MFC) activation for in-ethnicity, as well as in-team categorizations, while activation in ventral MFC was higher for in-ethnicity faces in Chinese participants than in the German participants. Our results highlight the importance of the dorsal MFC for in-group categorization across cultures and suggest that cultures might modulate in-group biases.

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APA:

Yan, Z., Schmidt, S.N.L., Saur, S., Kirsch, P., & Mier, D. (2019). The effect of ethnicity and team membership on face processing: A cultural neuroscience perspective. Social cognitive and affective neuroscience, 14(9), 1017-1025. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsz083

MLA:

Yan, Zhimin, et al. "The effect of ethnicity and team membership on face processing: A cultural neuroscience perspective." Social cognitive and affective neuroscience 14.9 (2019): 1017-1025.

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