Publications [#251989] of Ahmad Hariri

Journal Articles

1. Lieberman, MD; Hariri, A; Jarcho, JM; Eisenberger, NI; Bookheimer, SY (2005). An fMRI investigation of race-related amygdala activity in African-American and Caucasian-American individuals.. Nature neuroscience, 8(6), 720-722.
   (last updated on 2024/04/24)

   Abstract:
   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.