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...white subjects, who were proven before the experiment to be consciously unprejudiced, experienced greater activation in these regions when shown black faces subliminally than white faces. In contrast, when the images were displayed for 525 milliseconds, the frontal cortex??€”the area of the brain that deals with inhibition and control—experienced greater activation and the amygdala experienced less activation than in the subliminal condition...

Author: By Nina M. Catalano, CONTRIBUTING WRTIER | Title: Study Shows Unconscious Race Bias Found in Brain | 12/15/2004 | See Source »

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