Kyung Soon

ORIGINAL RESEARCH article Volume 16 - 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1616329 This article is part of the Research TopicDance, Brain, and Cognition: Advancing Understanding Through Movement ScienceView all articles 1 Introduction Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by deficits in social interaction and communication, alongside the presence of repetitive behaviors (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).

1. Introduction Chinese students accounted for the largest proportion of foreign students in South Korea in 2020; with 67,348 (44.2%) students, China ranks first among the 229 countries whose students come to South Korea (Ministry of Education of Korea, 2021). There are several reasons for this. First, as China and South Korea are geographically close and have a long history of cultural exchanges, it is convenient to send students to these corresponding countries (Zhang, 2015).

1. Introduction With the rapid development of globalization, exchanges between countries are becoming increasingly active. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and South Korea in 1992, there has been continuous communication between the nations in politics, economics, culture, education, and other fields (Luo, 2022; Yang, 2022).