Anonymous Coward User ID: 5717825 Australia 05/04/2012 09:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 9-Month-Olds Show Racial Bias When Looking at Faces Adults have more difficulty recognizing faces that belong to people of another race, and this deficit appears to start early. New research indicates that by the time they are 9 months old, babies are better able to recognize faces and emotional expressions of people who belong to the group they interact with most, than they are those of people who belong to another race. Babies don't start out this way; younger infants appear equally able to tell people apart, regardless of race. "These results suggest that biases in face recognition and perception begin in preverbal infants, well before concepts about race are formed. It is important for us to understand the nature of these biases in order to reduce or eliminate [the biases]," said study researcher Lisa Scott, a psychologist at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in a statement... [ link to news.yahoo.com] |
ReVbo™
User ID: 15511884 United States 05/04/2012 09:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 9-Month-Olds Show Racial Bias When Looking at Faces Damn racist white babies. John 8:32
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 664728 New Zealand 05/04/2012 09:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 9-Month-Olds Show Racial Bias When Looking at Faces so she basically just said "we need to understand our natural nature and then change it"? biases? and notice the article said the babies just recognized the race that was taking care of them---not that they necessarily were of that race. "racism" is just rejection of "other" in preference for your recognized "family" it is a survival skill don't you find it interesting that they are studying a way to break us from using a survival skill? Hmmmmmm |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 10644407 United States 05/04/2012 09:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 9-Month-Olds Show Racial Bias When Looking at Faces
Damn racist white babies. Quoting: ReVbo™ Now we know why the German babies always lock the Israeli babies up in their playpens. |
Earth Daughter
User ID: 14449346 United States 05/04/2012 09:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 9-Month-Olds Show Racial Bias When Looking at Faces I think it's just a matter of the parents always leaning over the baby. It's the main face the baby sees. "Arrows of hate have been shot at me too, but they never hit me, because somehow they belonged to another world, with which I have no connection whatsoever." - Albert Einstein |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 4284258 United States 05/04/2012 09:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 9-Month-Olds Show Racial Bias When Looking at Faces All people are not created equally. Tru fact. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 12758139 United States 05/04/2012 09:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 9-Month-Olds Show Racial Bias When Looking at Faces You must exterminate them. It is the only way. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 4284258 United States 05/04/2012 09:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 9-Month-Olds Show Racial Bias When Looking at Faces You must exterminate them. It is the only way.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 12758139 What do you call a killer of racist babies? |
ReVbo™
User ID: 15511884 United States 05/04/2012 09:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 9-Month-Olds Show Racial Bias When Looking at Faces Damn racist white babies. Quoting: ReVbo™ Now we know why the German babies always lock the Israeli babies up in their playpens. Quoting: Charlie the Choo-Choo John 8:32
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. |