1. Facing still faces: What visual cues affect infants’ observations of others?
- Author
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Sara Norling, Therese Mahlberg, Gustaf Gredebäck, and Andrea Handl
- Subjects
Male ,Eye Movements ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Infant ,Fixation, Ocular ,Social engagement ,Affect (psychology) ,Gaze ,Developmental psychology ,Child, Preschool ,Face ,Orientation ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,Humans ,Body orientation ,Attention ,Female ,Interpersonal Relations ,Conversation ,Cues ,Psychology ,Sensory cue ,media_common - Abstract
We used eye-tracking technique to examine gaze shifts of 9-, 16-, and 24-month-old infants who were presented with still images of a conversation between two individuals facing each other or turning away from each other. The results showed that body orientation, as measured by the face-to-face effect, is sufficient to provide infants with crucial information about others' social engagement.
- Published
- 2013