Variability in infant social responsiveness: Age and situational differences in attention-following
Attention following (AF) is a cornerstone of social cognitive development and a longstanding topic of infancy research. However, there is conflicting evidence regarding the development of AF. One reason for discrepant findings could be that infants’ AF responses do not generalize across settings, an...
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| description | Attention following (AF) is a cornerstone of social cognitive development and a longstanding topic of infancy research. However, there is conflicting evidence regarding the development of AF. One reason for discrepant findings could be that infants’ AF responses do not generalize across settings, and are influenced by situational factors. Theories of AF development based on data collected in laboratory paradigms might skew our understanding of infants' everyday AF. To reveal more generalizable patterns of infant AF development, we compared healthy, North American infants' (N = 48) AF developmental trajectories between a controlled laboratory paradigm and a naturalistic, home-based, parent-directed paradigm. Longitudinal micro-behavioral coding was analyzed to compare individual infants' AF between the two settings every month from 6 to 9 months of age. We aimed to (1) examine longitudinal development of infant AF in two settings; (2) compare AF development between settings, and (3) explore differences in adult cueing behaviors that influence AF. We found that longitudinal trajectories of AF differed between home and lab, with more AF at home in earlier months. Additionally, AF at home was related to maternal cueing variables including bid duration and frequency. These results have implications for the assessment of infants' developing social attention behaviors. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7ac075e841e14ad8927bb2bd048b7d492023-09-29T04:43:58ZengElsevierDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscience1878-92932023-10-0163101283Variability in infant social responsiveness: Age and situational differences in attention-followingYueyan Tang0Jochen Triesch1Gedeon O. Deák2Department of Cognitive Science, University of California - San Diego, USA; Corresponding author.Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, GermanyDepartment of Cognitive Science, University of California - San Diego, USA; Correspondence to: Department of Cognitive Science, 9500 Gilman Dr., UC - San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093–0515, USA.Attention following (AF) is a cornerstone of social cognitive development and a longstanding topic of infancy research. However, there is conflicting evidence regarding the development of AF. One reason for discrepant findings could be that infants’ AF responses do not generalize across settings, and are influenced by situational factors. Theories of AF development based on data collected in laboratory paradigms might skew our understanding of infants' everyday AF. To reveal more generalizable patterns of infant AF development, we compared healthy, North American infants' (N = 48) AF developmental trajectories between a controlled laboratory paradigm and a naturalistic, home-based, parent-directed paradigm. Longitudinal micro-behavioral coding was analyzed to compare individual infants' AF between the two settings every month from 6 to 9 months of age. We aimed to (1) examine longitudinal development of infant AF in two settings; (2) compare AF development between settings, and (3) explore differences in adult cueing behaviors that influence AF. We found that longitudinal trajectories of AF differed between home and lab, with more AF at home in earlier months. Additionally, AF at home was related to maternal cueing variables including bid duration and frequency. These results have implications for the assessment of infants' developing social attention behaviors.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929323000889Gaze followingInfant social developmentJoint attentionLongitudinalParentingSocial context |
| spellingShingle | Yueyan Tang Jochen Triesch Gedeon O. Deák Variability in infant social responsiveness: Age and situational differences in attention-following Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Gaze following Infant social development Joint attention Longitudinal Parenting Social context |
| title | Variability in infant social responsiveness: Age and situational differences in attention-following |
| title_full | Variability in infant social responsiveness: Age and situational differences in attention-following |
| title_fullStr | Variability in infant social responsiveness: Age and situational differences in attention-following |
| title_full_unstemmed | Variability in infant social responsiveness: Age and situational differences in attention-following |
| title_short | Variability in infant social responsiveness: Age and situational differences in attention-following |
| title_sort | variability in infant social responsiveness age and situational differences in attention following |
| topic | Gaze following Infant social development Joint attention Longitudinal Parenting Social context |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929323000889 |
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