Monday, December 2, 2013

Can virtual reality be used to tackle racism?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23709836

It's an uncomfortable truth but scientists say most people have an ingrained racial bias. Now a team has shown that a short stint in a virtual world could reduce it, but could this have a longer lasting effect?

=> racial bias was reduced when participants were immersed in a virtual body of a different race.