Cross-cultural applicability of eye-tracking in assessing attention to emotional faces in preschool-aged children

• Published in: Emotion (Washington, D.C.) Vol. 23; no. 5; p. 1385
• Main Authors: Nozadi, Sara S, Aguiar, Andrea, Du, Ruofei, Enright, Elizabeth A, Schantz, Susan L, Miller, Curtis, Rennie, Brandon, Quetawki, Mallery, MacKenzie, Debra, Lewis, Johnnye L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.08.2023
• Subjects: Attentional Bias; Child, Preschool; Cohort Studies; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Emotions; Eye Movements; Eye-Tracking Technology; Facial Expression; Female; Humans

Humans show an attention bias toward emotional versus neutral information, which is considered an adaptive pattern of information processing. Deviations from this pattern have been observed in children with socially withdrawn behaviors, with most research being conducted in controlled settings among...