All it takes is empathy: how virtual reality perspective-taking influences intergroup attitudes and stereotypes

• Main Authors: Chen, Vivian Hsueh-Hua, Ibasco, Gabrielle C.
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Social Sciences; Intergroup attitudes; Stereotypes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/173798
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Research in the past decade has demonstrated the potential of virtual reality perspective-taking (VRPT) to reduce bias against salient outgroups. In the perspective-taking literature, both affective and cognitive mechanisms have been theorized and identified as plausible pathways to prejudice reduct...