title: Joint attention at 10 months of age in infant-mother dyads: contrasting free toy-play with semi-structured toy-play.
abstract: Fifty-two 10-month-olds and their mothers were observed in free toy-play and semi-structured toy-play for assessing joint attention capabilities. Mothers exhibited more bids for joint attention during semi-structured toy-play. Infants' response to maternal behaviors and their bids for initiating joint attention were higher during free toy-play.
authors.affiliation: Department of Basic Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mateus
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Osório
authors.forename: Eva Costa
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Soares
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018730:Infant Behavior / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010988:Play and Playthings / Q000523:psychology*