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Moment-to-moment cascades: Infants’ real-time locomotor posture structures opportunities for joint object play with caregivers.

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: = 11.98 months, range = 8.74-14.86) and examined whether and how infants' real-time locomotor actions shaped the unfolding of the cascade. Infants moved more frequently in supported upright postures (i.e., cruising, supported walking) compared to crawling at the prewalking session and compared to walking at walk onset. However, infants preferred to walk after spending 1 month as walkers. Regardless of how they moved, infants regularly encountered objects and caregivers during everyday exploration. But there was an effect of locomotor posture on joint object play. Specifically, dyads were most likely to engage in object play after supported upright bouts at the prewalking and walk onset sessions, but at the final walking session, they were most likely to do so after walking bouts. Taken together, this in-depth examination of moment-to-moment cascades highlights the contributions of the many timescales that drive developmental processes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

Source: Developmental Psychology

DOI: 10.1037/dev0001870

Authors: Joshua L. Schneider, Lauren R. Pugeda, Jana M. Iverson

Institutions: University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University

Language: English

Topic: Child and Animal Learning Development

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid