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Benevolent sexism alters executive brain responses
Dardenne, Benoît; Dumont, Muriel; Sarlet, Marie et al.
2013In Neuroreport, 24 (10), p. 572-577
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Keywords :
sexism; inhibition; fmri
Abstract :
[en] Benevolence is widespread in our societies. It is defined as considering a subordinate group nicely but condescendingly, that is, with charity. Deleterious consequences for the target have been reported in the literature. In this experiment, we used functional MRI (fMRI) to identify whether being the target of (sexist) benevolence induces changes in brain activity associated with a working memory task. Participants were confronted by benevolent, hostile, or neutral comments before and while performing a reading span test in an fMRI environment. fMRI data showed that brain regions associated previously with intrusive thought suppression (bilateral, dorsolateral,prefrontal, and anterior cingulate cortex) reacted specifically to benevolent sexism compared with hostile sexism and neutral conditions during the performance of the task. These findings indicate that, despite being subjectively positive, benevolence modifies task-related brain networks by recruiting supplementary areas likely to impede optimal cognitive performance.
Research center :
GIGA CRC (Cyclotron Research Center) In vivo Imaging-Aging & Memory - ULiège
Disciplines :
Neurosciences & behavior
Author, co-author :
Dardenne, Benoît ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Psychologie sociale
Dumont, Muriel 
Sarlet, Marie 
Phillips, Christophe  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre de recherches du cyclotron
Balteau, Evelyne ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre de recherches du cyclotron
Luxen, André ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de chimie (sciences) > Chimie organique de synthèse
Salmon, Eric  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Neuroimagerie des troubles de la mémoire et révalid. cogn.
Maquet, Pierre  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre de recherches du cyclotron
Collette, Fabienne  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Neuropsychologie
Language :
English
Title :
Benevolent sexism alters executive brain responses
Publication date :
2013
Journal title :
Neuroreport
ISSN :
0959-4965
eISSN :
1473-558X
Publisher :
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, London, United Kingdom
Volume :
24
Issue :
10
Pages :
572-577
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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