Monolingual but not bilingual infants demonstrate racial bias in social cue use

Singh, Leher; Quinn, Paul C.; Xiao, Naiqi G.; Lee, Kang

doi:10.1111/desc.12809

Title: Monolingual but not bilingual infants demonstrate racial bias in social cue use

Journal Article · 28 February 2019 · Developmental Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12809 · OSTI ID:1497245

Singh, Leher ^[1]; Quinn, Paul C. ^[2]; Xiao, Naiqi G. ^[3]; Lee, Kang ^[4]

Department of Psychology National University of Singapore Singapore
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences University of Delaware Newark Delaware
Department of Psychology Princeton University Princeton New Jersey
Department of Psychology University of Toronto Toronto ON Canada

Abstract Bilingualism exerts early and pervasive effects on cognition, observable in infancy. Thus far, investigations of infant bilingual cognition have focused on sensitivity to visual memory, executive function, and linguistic sensitivity. Much less research has focused on how bilingualism impacts processing of social cues. The present study sought to investigate whether bilingualism modulates the expression of one aspect of social processing: early racial bias. Using a gaze‐following paradigm, we investigated whether 18‐ to 20‐month‐old monolingual and bilingual infants favored their own race. Results demonstrated that monolingual infants favored their own race in following a model whose direction of gaze signaled an event. In contrast, bilingual infants demonstrated race‐neutral gaze‐following patterns, relying more heavily on the reliability of the behavior of the model over race. Findings suggest that bilingualism may have protective effects against the early emergence of racial bias.

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