Psychological Development and Education ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (2): 163-172.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2025.02.02

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Attentional Biases in 5～7 Years Old Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder When Viewing Emotion-themed Picture Books

WANG Wei1, CHENG Yiyun2, WU Yang3, XUE Licheng2, LI Yongxin4, Zhao Jing1   

  1. 1. Jing Hengyi School of Education, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121;
    2. School of Preschool Education, Hangzhou Polytechnic, Hangzhou 311402;
    3. Hangzhou Linpingqu Tingzhou School, Hangzhou 311199;
    4. Faculty of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001
  • Published:2025-03-17

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Abstract: The present study used an eye-tracking technique to examine attentional biases in 15 5 to 7-year-old children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), 15 children with intellectually delayed (ID), and 19 children with typically developing (TD) when reading emotion-themed picture books. We used emotion-themed picture books involving four types of emotions (i.e., happiness, sadness, anger, and fear). Results showed that: (1) Children with ASD paid more attention to the body areas of pictures than the face areas, while a reversed pattern was observed in TD and ID children; (2) Faces with happy expression drew more attention than those with fearful expression in children with ASD. These results provided valuable insights into the training of emotional understanding in ASD children.

Key words: autism spectrum disorders, emotion-themed picture book, eye-tracking, emotional understanding, attentional bias

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  • B844
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