Reducing Implicit Cognitive Biases Through the Performing Arts

Frontiers in Psychology

Josué García-Arch¹  Lluís Fuentemilla²  Cèlia Ventura-Gabarró³  Pep Gatell Calvo⁴  Pedro Lorente Adamuz⁴ 

[1] Cognition and Brain Plasticity Unit, Department of Cognition, Development and Educational Psychology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain;Cognition and Brain Plasticity Unit, Department of Cognition, Development and Educational Psychology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain;Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain;Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research-IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain;Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain;Fundació Èpica – La Fura dels Baus, Badalona, Spain;

关键词: implicit bias;    implicit association test;    social cognition;    malleability;    attitudes;    performing arts;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.614816

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The aim of the present research was to test whether involvement in a 14-days training program in the performing arts could reduce implicit biases. We asked healthy participants to complete an Implicit Association Test (IAT) to assess biased attitudes to physical illness in two separate sessions, before and after the training program. Two separate control groups matched by age, gender and educational level completed the two IAT sessions, separated by same number of days, without being involved in the training program. Results showed that participants who were involved in the training program reduced their implicit bias toward illness measured through IAT in the second session. This reduction in IAT measures was not observed in the control samples, despite the two IAT measures being matched in temporal delay with the experimental group. These findings suggest that an interventional program based on the performing arts could be effective in reducing levels of implicit biases among the general population.

【 授权许可】

CC BY