Evaluative vs. trait representation in intergroup social judgments: Distinct roles of anterior temporal lobe and prefrontal cortex

► Participants viewed photographs of White and Black faces in two task contexts. ► Brain representations of race were decoded using multi-voxel pattern analysis of fMRI. ► Distinct brain areas encoded race during judgments of value versus trait information. ► In intergroup judgments, separable systems mediate evaluative bias vs. stereotyping.