Figure 2.

a, Group differences in the bilateral amygdala to Asian versus European faces during the emotional expression matching game. Asian-adopted and European-adopted youths show differential amygdala response when identifying emotional expressions of in- and out-group faces, such that each group shows heightened amygdala response to out-group faces compared with in-group faces. For descriptive purposes only, European-American children are depicted at the top of the figure. European-American children do not demonstrate differential amygdala response when identifying emotional expressions of Asian versus European faces. Note that right = left. b, Age of adoption is associated with greater amygdala differentiation when identifying the emotional expression of in- versus out-group emotional faces. Greater early race deprivation is associated with greater amygdala response to the out-group compared with in-group. Note that age and IQ are controlled for in all analyses and figures.