Executive Functions Moderated the Influence of Physical Cues on Children's Empathy for Pain: An Eye Tracking Study

Autor/inn/en	Yan, Zhiqiang; Pei, Meng; Su, Yanjie
Titel	Executive Functions Moderated the Influence of Physical Cues on Children's Empathy for Pain: An Eye Tracking Study
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 191 (2021) 14, S.2204-2216 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Yan, Zhiqiang) ORCID (Pei, Meng) ORCID (Su, Yanjie)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2019.1698559
Schlagwörter	Empathy; Pain; Executive Function; Preschool Children; Inhibition; Self Control; Short Term Memory; Cognitive Processes; Eye Movements; Cues; Attention + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Empathie; Schmerz; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Hemmung; Selbstbeherrschung; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Augenbewegung; Stichwort; Aufmerksamkeit
Abstract	Empathy for pain in daily life is more complex than in lab settings and involved higher cognitive abilities. In order to investigate the role of executive function in preschoolers' empathy for pain, we investigated the role of three subcomponents of executive function (inhibitory control, working memory and cognitive flexibility) in children's empathy for pain, and recorded the attentional process with eye tracking (N = 46). Results showed that inhibitory control (IC) and working memory (WM) were associated with preschool children's empathy for pain and moderated the effect of physical cue on empathy for pain. With higher IC and WM, there was a higher difference in empathy caused by cue type. Eye-tracking results showed that attention partially mediated the roles of inhibitory control and working memory. These results suggested that both executive function and attention were important for children to make accurate empathic responses for pain. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01