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Mind, Body and Race: A Look Into How Racial Biases and Interoceptive Cues Influence Emotion Perception

dc.contributor.authorAhmad, Faiza
dc.contributor.chairAnderson, Adam K.
dc.contributor.chairDeRosa, Eve D.
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-12T17:45:13Z
dc.date.available2021-03-12T17:45:13Z
dc.date.issued2020-08
dc.description46 pages
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the role of implicit race-based biases in shaping emotion perception, and explored whether implicit race biases are moderated by level of interoceptive activity. A total of 78 White, Black and Asian participants took part in this study and completed an emotional Go/NoGo task in which they were asked to categorize different race faces as portraying either anger or fear. While participants completed the task, electromyography (EMG) activity of the Corrugator Supercilli muscle was measured. Results indicated firstly, that the odds of responding to Black faces in the fear target condition were less than the odds of responding to White faces in the fear target condition. Secondly, the odds of responding to Black faces in the fear target condition were less than the odds of responding to Black faces in the anger target condition. These effects were significant for White, Asian and Black participants, and suggest a weaker implicit association between Blackness and fear compared to Whiteness and fear, as well as compared to Blackness and anger. EMG results were not statistically significant, though further exploration of the data is required.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7298/s2ad-jw35
dc.identifier.otherAhmad_cornell_0058O_11027
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/cornell:11027
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/103203
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectanger
dc.subjectbias
dc.subjectemotion
dc.subjectfear
dc.subjectperception
dc.subjectrace
dc.titleMind, Body and Race: A Look Into How Racial Biases and Interoceptive Cues Influence Emotion Perception
dc.typedissertation or thesis
dcterms.licensehttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/59810
thesis.degree.disciplineHuman Development
thesis.degree.grantorCornell University
thesis.degree.levelMaster of Arts
thesis.degree.nameM.A., Human Development

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