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The Neuroscience of Stigma and Stereotype Threat

Belle Derks

Leiden University, derks{at}fsw.leidenuniv.nl

Michael Inzlicht

University of Toronto

Sonia Kang

University of Toronto

This article reviews social neuroscience research on the experience of stigma from the target's perspective. More specifically, we discuss several research programs that employ electroencephalography, event-related potentials, or functional magnetic resonance imaging methods to examine neural correlates of stereotype and social identity threat. We present neuroimaging studies that show brain activation related to the experience of being stereotyped and ERP studies that shed light on the cognitive processes underlying social identity processes. Among these are two projects from our own lab. The first project reveals the important role of the neurocognitive conflict-detection system in stereotype threat effects, especially as it pertains to stereotype threat `spillover'. The second project examines the role of automatic ingroup evaluations as a neural mediator between social identity threats and compensatory ingroup bias. We conclude with a discussion of the benefits, limitations, and unique contributions of social neuroscience to our understanding of stigma and social identity threat.

Key Words: EEG • ERP • social identity • social neuroscience • stereotype threat

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, Vol. 11, No. 2, 163-181 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1368430207088036
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