Mind, Body and Race: A Look into How Implicit Biases Influence the Perception of Emotion in Others

This study examined how implicit race-based biases shape emotion perception. White, Black and Asian participants completed a Go/NoGo task categorizing different-race faces as angry or fearful. Results indicated a significantly weaker implicit association between Blackness and fear compared to Whiteness and fear, as well as compared to Blackness and anger.