The Effects of Embodied Emotion Priming on Facial Emotion Recognition in Students with Intellectual Disabilities
The effects of embodied emotions on facial emotion recognition interventions for students with intellectual disabilities(ID)have increasingly attracted extensive attention from researchers,but the mechanism of embodied emotion priming on emotion recognition in students with ID remains unclear.Based on the embodied emotion priming paradigm,this study explored the processing characteristics of emotion information in students with ID,with the aim of providing a basis for theoretical research and practical interventions on their emotion recognition.The results revealed that:(1)there was a positive bias effect on emotion recognition in students with ID;(2)students with ID mainly relied on mouth regions to recognise positive emotions,while they mainly relied on eye regions to recognise negative emotions;(3)different types of embodied emotion priming modulated the visual processing patterns of students with ID,which in turn affected the efficiency of emotion recognition.In conclusion,manipulating the facial muscle activities of students with ID can have an embodied effect on their emotion recognition,and the efficiency of students with ID in recognising emotions is regulated by both facial regions and emotional valence.Future facial emotion recognition interventions for students with ID should focus on learning key features of emotion recognition and embodied emotion recognition training.
embodied emotion primingstudents with intellectual disabilitiesemotion recognition