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Attention Biases for Emotional Facial Expressions During a Free Viewing Task Increase Between 2.5 and 5 Years of Age




TekijätEskola Eeva, Kataja Eeva-Leena, Pelto Juho, Tuulari Jetro J., Hyönä Jukka, Häikiö Tuomo, Hessels Roy S., Holmberg Eeva, Nordenswan Elisabeth, Karlsson Hasse, Karlsson Linnea, Korja Riikka

KustantajaAmerican Psychological Association

Julkaisuvuosi2023

JournalDevelopmental Psychology

Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimiDEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Vuosikerta59

Numero11

Aloitussivu2065

Lopetussivu2079

ISSN0012-1649

eISSN1939-0599

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001598

Verkko-osoitehttps://psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-09902-001

Rinnakkaistallenteen osoitehttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/182470754


Tiivistelmä

The normative, developmental changes in affect-biased attention during the preschool years are largely unknown. To investigate the attention bias for emotional versus neutral faces, an eye-tracking measurement and free viewing of paired pictures of facial expressions (i.e., happy, fearful, sad, or angry faces) and nonface pictures with neutral faces were conducted with 367 children participating in a Finnish cohort study at the age of 2.5 years and with 477 children at the age of 5 years, 216 of which having follow-up measurements. We found an attention-orienting bias for happy and fearful faces versus neutral faces at both age points. An attention-orienting bias for sad faces emerged between 2.5 and 5 years. In addition, there were significant biases in sustained attention toward happy, fearful, sad, and angry faces versus neutral faces, with a bias in sustained attention for fearful faces being the strongest. All biases in sustained attention increased between 2.5 and 5 years of age. Moderate correlations in saccadic latencies were found between 2.5 and 5 years. In conclusion, attention biases for emotional facial expressions seem to be age-specific and specific for the attentional subcomponent. This implies that future studies on affect-biased attention during the preschool years should use small age ranges and cover multiple subcomponents of attention. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).


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