title: Distinct processing of facial emotion of own-race versus other-race.
abstract: We investigated the neural basis underlying the effect of race on incidental facial emotional processing using functional MRI. Thirteen healthy Korean men underwent functional MRI while viewing photographs of Korean (own-race) and Caucasian (other-race) emotional faces while performing a sex discrimination task. Responses to other-race relative to own-race neutral faces replicated previous studies: activations were obtained in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex/medial frontal cortex. Direct contrasts between-race emotional faces (happy and sad) also showed differential effects: the contrast of own-race relative to other-race had more activations in limbic areas (amygdala and hippocampus), whereas the contrast of other-race relative to own-race had more activations in frontal, occipital, and parietal lobes. Our findings provide evidence for differential processing of emotional faces as a function of race.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyoung-Uk
authors.initials: KU
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hyun Soo
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Khang
authors.forename: Ki-Tae
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Young-Joo
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yong-Sil
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kweon
authors.forename: Yong-Wook
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Jun Soo
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Shao-Hsuan
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Sarah N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Garfinkel
authors.forename: Jeong-Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Chae
authors.forename: Israel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Liberzon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology; D001931:Brain Mapping; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005145:Face; D005149:Facial Expression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen