To explore the eye movement characteristics of facial emotion image recognition of individuals at different levels of impulsivity,100 students from a university were randomly selected for the BIS-11 questionnaire. And 15 subjects for the high-impulse group and 15 subjects for the low-impulse group were selected according to the proportion of 27% before and after the total score of BIS-11. Then, the face recognition paradigm was carried out to identify and judge positive, neutral and negative face images. The response time, accuracy, total fixation time, average pupil size, and duration of first sight were collected. The data were analyzed with SPSS
17.0. The results were as follows:(1) Individuals with low impulse level can recognize negative face images faster, while individuals with high impulse level spend less time to recognize positive face images and neutral face images.(2) Individuals with high and low levels of impulsivity pay more attention to negative face images and less attention to positive face images; The average pupil size is larger in the area of interest to the eyes and mouth; The first time people look at a negative emotional face, it lasts longer than a positive, neutral emotional face. Conclusions:(1) individuals with low impulsivity were more likely to be attracted to negative face images, while individuals with high impulsivity were more likely to respond to positive face images and neutral face images.(2) Regardless of the impulsivity, individuals paid more attention to negative face images and maintained them for a long time, but they paid less attention to positive face images; The areas of the eyes and mouth in the face pictures are often more likely to receive attention.