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Putting yourself in the skin of a black avatar reduces implicit racial bias consciousness and cognition
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Although it has been shown that immersive virtual reality (IVR) can be used to induce illusions of ownership over a virtual body (VB), information on whether this changes implicit interpersonal attitudes is meager. Here we demonstrate that embodiment of light-skinned participants in a dark-skinned VB significantly reduced implicit racial bias against darkskinned people, in contrast to embodiment in light-skinned, purple-skinned or with no VB. 60 females participated in this between-groups experiment, with a VB substituting their own, with full-body visuomotor synchrony, reflected also in a virtual mirror. A racial Implicit Association Test (IAT) was administered at least three days prior to the experiment, and immediately after the IVR exposure. The change from pre- to post-experience IAT scores suggests that the dark-skinned embodied condition decreased implicit racial bias more than the other conditions. Thus, embodiment may change negative interpersonal attitudes and thus represent a powerful tool for exploring such fundamental psychological and societal phenomena.
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PECK, Tabitha c., SEINFELD, Sofia, AGLIOTI, Salvatore m., SLATER, Mel. Putting yourself in the skin of a black avatar reduces implicit racial bias consciousness and cognition. _Consciousness and Cognition_. 2013. Vol. 22, núm. 779-787. [consulta: 20 de gener de 2026]. ISSN: 1053-8100. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/53641]