Contingency and Synchrony: Interactional Pathways Toward Attentional Control and Intentional Communication
In this article we examine how contingency and synchrony during infant–caregiver
interactions help children learn to pay attention to objects and how this, in turn, affects their …
interactions help children learn to pay attention to objects and how this, in turn, affects their …
Survey of automated methods for nonverbal behavior analysis in parent-child interactions
Social interactions are fundamental for human beings, motivating the abundance of studies
into the behavioral correlates of constructs such as personality and relationship. The primary …
into the behavioral correlates of constructs such as personality and relationship. The primary …
Embedding play to enrich physical therapy
Play is an active process by which an individual is intrinsically motivated to explore the self,
the environment, and/or interactions with another person. For infants and toddlers, engaging …
the environment, and/or interactions with another person. For infants and toddlers, engaging …
Moment-to-moment cascades: Infants' real-time locomotor posture structures opportunities for joint object play with caregivers.
JL Schneider, LR Pugeda… - Developmental Psychology, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Developmental cascades—the view that development in one domain can induce change in
another—provide unique flexibility for researchers to examine relations among multiple …
another—provide unique flexibility for researchers to examine relations among multiple …
Consistency and variability in multimodal parent–child social interaction: An at-home study using head-mounted eye trackers.
Real-time attention coordination in parent–toddler dyads is often studied in tightly controlled
laboratory settings. These studies have demonstrated the importance of joint attention in …
laboratory settings. These studies have demonstrated the importance of joint attention in …
Parental supportive and intrusive directives during dyadic interactions in relation to concurrent skills of preterm and full-term toddlers at age 2 years
This study investigates whether parental supportive (following) and intrusive (redirecting
child's attention) verbal directives are influenced by parent gender and birth status, and …
child's attention) verbal directives are influenced by parent gender and birth status, and …
Who Leads and Who Follows? The Pathways to Joint Attention During Free‐Flowing Interactions Change Over Developmental Time
M Perapoch Amadó, EAM Phillips… - Child …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Joint attention (JA) has been found to correlate with many developmental outcomes.
However, little is known about how naturalistic JA is established and develops during early …
However, little is known about how naturalistic JA is established and develops during early …
Decoding Contact: Automatic Estimation of Contact Signatures in Parent-Infant Free Play Interactions
In parent-child interactions (PCIs), there is frequent physical contact between the two actors.
Quantifying this contact provides valuable input to assess the nature of the interaction or the …
Quantifying this contact provides valuable input to assess the nature of the interaction or the …
Early caregiver predictability shapes neural indices of statistical learning later in infancy
Caregivers play an outsized role in sha** early life experiences and development, but we
often lack mechanistic insight into how exactly caregiver behavior scaffolds the …
often lack mechanistic insight into how exactly caregiver behavior scaffolds the …
Infants' Contributions to Prelinguistic Conversations Drive Language Learning
Infants engage in conversations with caregivers using facial expressions and body
language, gaze, vocalizations, and gestures. These cues quickly become more complex and …
language, gaze, vocalizations, and gestures. These cues quickly become more complex and …