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

@article{citeulike:2313791, abstract = {Influences on the decline of infant-mother face-to-face gazing during social interaction were explored in this experimental study of 60 infants between the ages of 3 and 6 months. Infants interacted with their mothers without toys as their postural position was manipulated between sit, recline, and supine. The order was counterbalanced across subjects. Infants were also assessed for their ability at visually guided reaching. It was hypothesized that reaching skill and postural position would co-determine the duration of gazing at mother. In general, infants looked the most at their mothers when in the supine position, and the least when in sitting. Overall, reachers looked less at their mothers than nonreachers. The results suggest that postural position is an important factor in the regulation of attention during early infancy and has been overlooked in laboratory studies in which infants are observed while sitting in immobile infant seats. The social world of young infants is not, therefore, confined primarily to facial and vocal modalities of communication. The orientation and movement of infants' bodies and their sensorimotor skills are integral features of the infant's social experience.}, author = {Fogel, Alan and Dedo, Jae Y. and Mcewen, Irene }, citeulike-article-id = {2313791}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0163-6383(92)80025-P}, journal = {Infant Behavior and Development}, keywords = {gaze, interaction, positioning, posture, reach, visual}, month = {}, number = {2}, pages = {231--244}, posted-at = {2008-01-31 12:49:07}, priority = {2}, title = {Effect of postural position and reaching on gaze during mother-infant face-to-face interaction}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0163-6383(92)80025-P}, volume = {15}, year = {1992} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2313791 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2313791 TI - Effect of postural position and reaching on gaze during mother-infant face-to-face interaction JF - Infant Behavior and Development VL - 15 IS - 2 SP - 231 EP - 244 N2 - Influences on the decline of infant-mother face-to-face gazing during social interaction were explored in this experimental study of 60 infants between the ages of 3 and 6 months. Infants interacted with their mothers without toys as their postural position was manipulated between sit, recline, and supine. The order was counterbalanced across subjects. Infants were also assessed for their ability at visually guided reaching. It was hypothesized that reaching skill and postural position would co-determine the duration of gazing at mother. In general, infants looked the most at their mothers when in the supine position, and the least when in sitting. Overall, reachers looked less at their mothers than nonreachers. The results suggest that postural position is an important factor in the regulation of attention during early infancy and has been overlooked in laboratory studies in which infants are observed while sitting in immobile infant seats. The social world of young infants is not, therefore, confined primarily to facial and vocal modalities of communication. The orientation and movement of infants' bodies and their sensorimotor skills are integral features of the infant's social experience. KW - gaze KW - interaction KW - positioning KW - posture KW - reach KW - visual AU - Fogel, Alan AU - Dedo, Jae AU - Mcewen, Irene PY - 1992/0// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0163-6383(92)80025-P ER -