Effect of postural position and reaching on gaze during mother-infant face-to-face interaction

摘要: Influences on the decline of infant-mother face-to-face gazing during social interaction were explored in this experimental study 60 infants between ages 3 and 6 months. Infants interacted with their mothers without toys as postural position was manipulated sit, recline, supine. The order counterbalanced across subjects. also assessed for ability at visually guided reaching. It hypothesized that reaching skill would co-determine duration mother. In general, looked most when supine position, least sitting. Overall, reachers less than nonreachers. results suggest is an important factor regulation attention early infancy has been overlooked laboratory studies which are observed while sitting immobile infant seats. world young not, therefore, confined primarily to facial vocal modalities communication. orientation movement infants' bodies sensorimotor skills integral features infant's experience.