Perceptual other-race training reduces implicit racial bias.

BACKGROUND: Implicit racial bias denotes socio-cognitive attitudes towards other-race groups that are exempt from conscious awareness. In parallel, other-race faces are more difficult to differentiate relative to own-race faces--the "Other-Race Effect." To examine the relationship between...

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Main Authors: Sophie Lebrecht, Lara J Pierce, Michael J Tarr, James W Tanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2627769?pdf=render