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Direction of Regard and the Still‐Face Effect in the First Year: Does Intention Matter?

Direction of Regard and the Still‐Face Effect in the First Year: Does Intention Matter? In the first study, 3‐, 6‐, and 9‐ month‐olds' behavior was assessed as a stranger broke contact to stare at the infant, to look at a wall, or to look at another person. Regardless of age and the reason contact was broken, the still‐face reaction did not depend on the experimenter's intention. In the second study, 3‐, 6‐, and 9‐month‐olds interacted with their mother who broke contact to look away for no apparent reason or in the direction of a sound. Infants at all ages responded to the still‐face episode, but not as a function of the underlying reason contact was broken. The findings suggest a primacy of interpersonal communication in the first year. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Child Development Wiley

Direction of Regard and the Still‐Face Effect in the First Year: Does Intention Matter?

Striano, Tricia
Child Development , Volume 75 (2) – Mar 1, 2004
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Wiley
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Copyright © 2004 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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0009-3920
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10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00687.x
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Abstract

In the first study, 3‐, 6‐, and 9‐ month‐olds' behavior was assessed as a stranger broke contact to stare at the infant, to look at a wall, or to look at another person. Regardless of age and the reason contact was broken, the still‐face reaction did not depend on the experimenter's intention. In the second study, 3‐, 6‐, and 9‐month‐olds interacted with their mother who broke contact to look away for no apparent reason or in the direction of a sound. Infants at all ages responded to the still‐face episode, but not as a function of the underlying reason contact was broken. The findings suggest a primacy of interpersonal communication in the first year.

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Child Development – Wiley

Published: Mar 1, 2004

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