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9-Month-Olds Show Racial Bias When Looking at Faces (karma: 1)  en>fr fr>en
By Johnny_Ola Comments: 10244, member since Sat Apr 28, 2007
On Fri May 04, 2012 10:56 AM

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. [3-Year-Olds Fancy Own Ethnic Group]

In the study, 48 Caucasian infants were given the task of differentiating between faces of their own race and faces that belonged to another, unfamiliar, race. In another experiment, sensors placed on the babies' heads detected brain activity when the babies saw images of faces of Caucasian or African-American races expressing emotions that either matched or did not match sounds they heard, such as laughing and crying.

While 5-month-olds were equally able to distinguish faces from different races, 9-month-olds fared better with their own race. Likewise, brain-activity measurements showed the 9-month-olds processed emotional expressions among Caucasian faces differently than those of African-American faces, while the 5-month-olds did not.

Specifically, a shift was seen between 5 months and 9 months of age, whereby processing of facial emotions moved from the front of the brain to regions in the back of the brain in the older age group, the researchers found. This brain shift will help scientists understand just how the brain develops with regard to their experiences with different races during the first year of life, Scott and colleagues report in a study published in the May issue of the journal Developmental Science.

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re: 9-Month-Olds Show Racial Bias When Looking at Faces (karma: 1)  en>fr fr>en
By LieutenantMaleyW Comments: 207, member since Fri Aug 06, 2010
On Wed May 23, 2012 02:15 AM
The indoctrination will then have to start even earlier than first surmised. The children must believe that everybody is the same, or they will think of themselves as individuals and develop independent thoughts. I suggest flat screens in the maternity ward with CNN and The View.
re: 9-Month-Olds Show Racial Bias When Looking at Faces en>fr fr>en
By lookanlearn Comments: 9988, member since Sun Jun 10, 2007
On Wed May 23, 2012 02:25 AM
I get funny looks from toddlers all the time in Japan; the expression appears to be;-
"you `re different`, `are you for real`"?

I also get the odd bit of racism, as some occasional Rare Youf think I must be American, so have on occasion given me `the (Okinawa) look`, which just offsets the positive discrimination from Japanese people who think I am American and give me a more favourable smile.

However; I am not dealing drugs; not raping nor prostituting their women; nor fucking various daughters of theirs, nor do I play loud ganja muzak, nor do I walk round with my trousers round my knees wearing a hoodie. Nor do I trash the neighbourhood. I have also not imported two hundred members of my tribe from my country to scrounge any Jap free houses and free welfare..

It`s hard to be racist, if you don`t give em a reason. ;)

Maybe I should do a nigger; to see if I can create a racist response? :P
re: 9-Month-Olds Show Racial Bias When Looking at Faces en>fr fr>en
By PopsFrost Comments: 12271, member since Mon Jan 21, 2008
On Wed May 23, 2012 07:32 AM
LieutenantMaleyW wrote:

The indoctrination will then have to start even earlier than first surmised. The children must believe that everybody is the same, or they will think of themselves as individuals and develop independent thoughts. I suggest flat screens in the maternity ward with CNN and The View.


I agree. Children must be removed from their racist homes and turned over to Hillary
and the Village Idiot for proper indoctrination.
re: 9-Month-Olds Show Racial Bias When Looking at Faces (karma: 1)  en>fr fr>en
By jeanv Comments: 21354, member since Sun Sep 11, 2005
On Wed May 23, 2012 07:44 AM
Johnny_Ola wrote:

Adults have more difficulty recognizing faces that belong to people of another race, and this deficit appears to start early.


Then, I probably missed out on the early lessons in life.

I lived and worked among whites, blacks, indians and asians.

Never missed a beat. Never a problem knowing who's who.



I suppose I must be missing some DNA sequence making me unable to distinguish features.

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re: 9-Month-Olds Show Racial Bias When Looking at Faces (karma: 4)  en>fr fr>en
By MatoubLounesmember has saluted, click to view salute photos Comments: 8212, member since Sun Jun 04, 2006
On Wed May 23, 2012 07:54 AM
Good job USA, i award you the Nobel Price of baby mind-fucking

In the study, 48 Caucasian infants were given the task of differentiating between faces of their own race and faces that belonged to another, unfamiliar, race. In another experiment, sensors placed on the babies' heads detected brain activity when the babies saw images of faces of Caucasian or African-American races expressing emotions that either matched or did not match sounds they heard, such as laughing and crying.


The Clockwork Nigga experiment is Total Success! You win another Nobel Prize!
You win +50 university prestige!
re: 9-Month-Olds Show Racial Bias When Looking at Faces en>fr fr>en
By PopsFrost Comments: 12271, member since Mon Jan 21, 2008
On Wed May 23, 2012 10:44 AM
MatoubLounes wrote:


The Clockwork Nigga experiment is Total Success! You win another Nobel Prize!
You win +50 university prestige!


Shon,

Could we get a button for 'Retard to English' translations?
re: 9-Month-Olds Show Racial Bias When Looking at Faces (karma: 1)  en>fr fr>en
By korbach Comments: 18149, member since Fri Jul 02, 2004
On Wed May 23, 2012 11:26 AM
PopsFrost wrote:



Could we get a button for 'Retard to English' translations?



The 'American to English' translator is not yet implemented.
You still can go fuck yourself by the way.
re: 9-Month-Olds Show Racial Bias When Looking at Faces en>fr fr>en
By ECs_Bro Comments: 1465, member since Sun Oct 23, 2011
On Thu May 24, 2012 11:46 AM



lookanlearn wrote:

I get funny looks from toddlers all the time in Japan; the expression appears to be;-
"you `re different`, `are you for real`"?

I also get the odd bit of racism, as some occasional Rare Youf think I must be American, so have on occasion given me `the (Okinawa) look`, which just offsets the positive discrimination from Japanese people who think I am American and give me a more favourable smile.

However; I am not dealing drugs; not raping nor prostituting their women; nor fucking various daughters of theirs, nor do I play loud ganja muzak, nor do I walk round with my trousers round my knees wearing a hoodie. Nor do I trash the neighbourhood. I have also not imported two hundred members of my tribe from my country to scrounge any Jap free houses and free welfare..

It`s hard to be racist, if you don`t give em a reason. ;)

Maybe I should do a nigger; to see if I can create a racist response? :P


Yes, I can see why they think you are different.....
re: 9-Month-Olds Show Racial Bias When Looking at Faces en>fr fr>en
By ibigmangmember has saluted, click to view salute photos Comments: 19153, member since Thu Oct 06, 2005
On Thu May 24, 2012 12:12 PM
Babies who hate niggers are soooo cute!
re: 9-Month-Olds Show Racial Bias When Looking at Faces en>fr fr>en
By geebart Comments: 8117, member since Fri Jun 16, 2006
On Thu May 24, 2012 12:18 PM
ibigmang wrote:

Babies who hate niggers are soooo cute!


Indeed. The real moral of the story as that we are hardwired to associate with our own kind. Niggers want to live with niggers and view nigger exclusive content, hence BET etc.

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