Embodying an outgroup: the role of racial bias and the effect of multisensory processing in somatosensory remapping

Embodying an outgroup: the role of racial bias and the effect of multisensory processing in somatosensory remapping

We come to understand other people’s physical and mental states by re-mapping their bodily states onto our sensorimotor system. This process, also called somatosensory resonance, is an essential ability for social cognition and is stronger when observing ingroup than outgroup members. Here we invest...

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Main Authors: Chiara eFini, Flavia eCardini, Ana eTajadura-Jimenez, Andrea eSerino, Manos eTsakiris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Subjects:
Multisensory Interaction
Visual Remapping of Touch
Interpersonal Multisensory Stimulation
Implicit Racial bias
Enfacement Illusion
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00165/full

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