Multimodal pathways to joint attention in infants with a familial history of autism
Joint attention (JA) is an early-developing behavior that allows caregivers and infants to share focus on an object. Deficits in JA, as measured through face-following pathways, are a defining feature of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and are observable as early as 12 months of age in infants later...
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| description | Joint attention (JA) is an early-developing behavior that allows caregivers and infants to share focus on an object. Deficits in JA, as measured through face-following pathways, are a defining feature of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and are observable as early as 12 months of age in infants later diagnosed with ASD. However, recent evidence suggests that JA may be achieved through hand-following pathways by children with and without ASD. Development of JA through multimodal pathways has yet to be studied in infants with an increased likelihood of developing ASD. The current study investigated how 6-, 9- and 12-month-old infants with (FH+) and without (FH-) a family history of ASD engaged in JA. Parent-infant dyads played at home while we recorded the interaction over Zoom and later offline coded for hand movements and gaze. FH+ and FH- infants spent similar amounts of time in JA with their parents, but the cues available before JA were different. Parents of FH+ infants did more work to establish JA and used more face-following than hand-following pathways compared to parents of FH- infants, likely reflecting differences in infant motor or social behavior. These results suggest that early motor differences between FH+ and FH- infants may cascade into differences in social coordination. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-027f120818da4ccca97105c43c2d45a92023-12-10T06:14:26ZengElsevierDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscience1878-92932023-12-0164101325Multimodal pathways to joint attention in infants with a familial history of autismLauren M. Smith0Julia Yurkovic-Harding1Leslie J. Carver2University of California, San Diego - Department of Psychology, Ja Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Correspondence to: University of California, San Diego - Psychology Department, McGill Hall, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.University of South Carolina - Department of Psychology, Columbia, SC 29208, USAUniversity of California, San Diego - Department of Psychology, Ja Jolla, CA 92093, USAJoint attention (JA) is an early-developing behavior that allows caregivers and infants to share focus on an object. Deficits in JA, as measured through face-following pathways, are a defining feature of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and are observable as early as 12 months of age in infants later diagnosed with ASD. However, recent evidence suggests that JA may be achieved through hand-following pathways by children with and without ASD. Development of JA through multimodal pathways has yet to be studied in infants with an increased likelihood of developing ASD. The current study investigated how 6-, 9- and 12-month-old infants with (FH+) and without (FH-) a family history of ASD engaged in JA. Parent-infant dyads played at home while we recorded the interaction over Zoom and later offline coded for hand movements and gaze. FH+ and FH- infants spent similar amounts of time in JA with their parents, but the cues available before JA were different. Parents of FH+ infants did more work to establish JA and used more face-following than hand-following pathways compared to parents of FH- infants, likely reflecting differences in infant motor or social behavior. These results suggest that early motor differences between FH+ and FH- infants may cascade into differences in social coordination.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929323001305AutismInfancyJoint attentionNaturalistic playDyadic interaction |
| spellingShingle | Lauren M. Smith Julia Yurkovic-Harding Leslie J. Carver Multimodal pathways to joint attention in infants with a familial history of autism Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Autism Infancy Joint attention Naturalistic play Dyadic interaction |
| title | Multimodal pathways to joint attention in infants with a familial history of autism |
| title_full | Multimodal pathways to joint attention in infants with a familial history of autism |
| title_fullStr | Multimodal pathways to joint attention in infants with a familial history of autism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multimodal pathways to joint attention in infants with a familial history of autism |
| title_short | Multimodal pathways to joint attention in infants with a familial history of autism |
| title_sort | multimodal pathways to joint attention in infants with a familial history of autism |
| topic | Autism Infancy Joint attention Naturalistic play Dyadic interaction |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929323001305 |
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