I can see my virtual body in a mirror: The role of visual perspective in changing implicit racial attitudes using virtual reality.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Recent studies showed that VR is a valid tool to change implicit attitudes toward outgroup members. Here, we extended this work by investigating conditions under which virtual reality (VR) is effective in changing implicit racial attitudes.

Methods

To this end, participants were embodied in a Black or White avatar and we manipulated the perspective through which they could see their virtual body. Participants in one condition, could see their virtual body both from a first-person perspective (i.e., by looking down toward themselves) and reflected in a mirror placed in front of them in the VR environment. Participants in another condition could instead see their virtual body only from a first-person perspective (i.e., by looking down toward themselves) as no mirr

SUBMITTER: Marini M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9742480 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature