The effects of joint attention on object processing in 4- and 9-month-old infants.
In this study, we examined the effects of joint attention on object processing in 4- and 9-month-old infants. An adult experimenter differed social cues while speaking to infants about a novel object. Only 9-month-olds showed evidence of enhanced object processing following a joint attention interaction.
Cleveland
Allison
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University of Leipzig, Center for Advanced Studies, Neurocognition and Development Group, Otto-Schill Strasse 1, D-04109 Leipzig, Germany. clevelan@eva.mpg.de <clevelan@eva.mpg.de>
Striano
Tricia
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D000367:Age Factors; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005403:Fixation, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011897:Random Allocation; D013997:Time Factors