That is, slower at recognizing faces of non-Whites relative to Whites. Also, if they show a pro-White bias on the White Racial Stereotype version of the Implicit Association Task, their RT is also longer. The research was reported at a conference and Nature published an article on it; see: http://www.nature.com/news/racial-bias-colours-visual-perception-1.10961
These results raise the question of whether the longer RT are due to racial bias or the "other race effect" (i.e., members of one race take longer to recognize members of other races -- the research reported uses a novel task that is different from previous research). However, the researchers did not use Blacks in their study so it is unknown whether they would should similar results, contrary results, or a completely different pattern of results. The research was conducted at the University of Amsterdam and perhaps we could get a fund together to send Michael Sylvester to Amsterdam to participate in the research. He could then come back to TiPS and recount his experiences, specifically in this experiment (however, given that it is Amsterdam, I suspect Prof. Sylvester might engage in fieldwork to explore the local environs ;-). Howzabout it? -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=18941 or send a blank email to leave-18941-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
