APS

31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

Exploring the Cognitive Components of Hate

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · Personality/Emotion

  • Anne Sigrid Urstad
    Hawaii Pacific University
  • Hannah Brown
    Hawaii Pacific University
  • Katherine Aumer
    Hawaii Pacific University

Abstract

We hypothesize that as cognitive executive functions decrease, so does the amount of hate experienced and expressed. However, results of our study suggest that the prefrontal cortex is not essential in the experience of hate, rather it may be involved in the expression and regulation of hate.

Emotion

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