Mutual visual regard during mother-infant play.
Mutual visual regard was observed in 48 mother-infant dyads during a 6-min. play session. Infant-mother dyads containing 4 mo. -olds displayed significantly more mutual visual regard than dyads containing 6- or 8-mo.-olds. In addition, the more time infants spent in face-to-face interaction with mother, the more smiling they engaged in. No sex difference were observed.
D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009633:Nonverbal Communication; D010988:Play and Playthings; D012737:Sex Factors; D012904:Smiling; D013997:Time Factors; D014796:Visual Perception