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The Developmental Origins of Gaze‐Following in Human Infants

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: During the first year of life, infants develop the capacity to follow the gaze of others. This behavior allows sharing attention and facilitates language acquisition and cognitive development. This article reviews studies that investigated gaze-following before 12 months of age in typically developing infants and discusses current theoretical perspectives on early GF. Recent research has revealed that early GF is highly dependent on situational constraints and individual characteristics, but theories that describe the underlying mechanisms have partly failed to consider this complexity. We propose a novel framework termed the perceptual narrowing account of GF that may have the potential to integrate existing theoretical accounts.

Source: Infancy

DOI: 10.1111/infa.12276

Authors: Teresa Del Bianco, Terje Falck‐Ytter, Emilia Thorup, Gustaf Gredebäck

Institutions: University of Trento, Birkbeck, University of London, Uppsala University, Karolinska Institutet

Language: English

Topic: Child and Animal Learning Development

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2904550137

FWCI: 5.899

Cites: 132

Cited by: 57

Related to: 10