Showing posts with label racial bias. Show all posts
Showing posts with label racial bias. Show all posts

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.