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Gaffan, Elizabeth A.; Martins, Carla; Healy, Sarah; Murray, Lynne – Social Development, 2010
Fifty-nine healthy infants were filmed with their mothers and with a researcher at two, four, six and nine months in face-to-face play, and in toy-play at six and nine months. During toy-play at both ages, two indices of joint attention (JA)--infant bids for attention, and percent of time in shared attention--were assessed, along with other…
Descriptors: Play, Mothers, Infants, Toys
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Smith, Lars; Ulvund, Stein Erik – Social Development, 2003
This longitudinal study examined the hypothesis that two different types of joint-attention skills were related to verbal and nonverbal IQ measures through middle childhood. Subjects were infants born preterm and tested at 13 months and at 8 years. Findings provide support for the hypothesis that the initiation of joint attention makes a unique…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Attention, Attention Control, Children