Executive functions moderated the influence of physical cues on children's empathy for pain: an eye tracking study

被引:5
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作者
Yan, Zhiqiang [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ]
Pei, Meng [1 ,2 ]
Su, Yanjie [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Peking Univ, Sch Psychol & Cognit Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China
[2] Peking Univ, Beijing Key Lab Behav & Mental Hlth, Beijing, Peoples R China
[3] Hunan Normal Univ, Dept Psychol, Changsha, Hunan, Peoples R China
[4] Hunan Normal Univ, Key Lab Cognit & Human Behav Hunan Prov, Changsha, Hunan, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Executive function; pain; empathy; eye tracking; attentional process; FALSE BELIEF; INHIBITORY CONTROL; NEURAL PROCESSES; EARLY-CHILDHOOD; NEUROSCIENCE; OTHERS; MEMORY; BRAIN; PERSONALITY; MEDIATORS;
D O I
10.1080/03004430.2019.1698559
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
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.
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页码:2204 / 2216
页数:13
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