| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 917360 | Infant Behavior and Development | 2012 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
This study presents an ecological experiment investigating 6-month-olds’ social engagement. Results show that infants look and smile more at a socially attending distant partner than at an inattentive partner and that their looking and smiling behavior is different when the inattentive partner is their mother.
► 6-month-old infants dedicate a significant proportion of their visual attention to social partners. ► Infants attend selectively to social partners as a function of their own reciprocal attentiveness. ► 6-month-olds’ looking and smiling behavior is different when the inattentive partner is their mother. ► By enhancing the ecology we may have increased the opportunity to observe what infants are really able to.
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Authors
Emmanuel Devouche, Sara Dominguez, Anne Bobin-Bègue, Maya Gratier, Gisèle Apter,