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Repacholi, Betty M.; Meltzoff, Andrew N. – Child Development, 2007
Two experiments examined whether 18-month-olds learn from emotions directed to a third party. Infants watched an adult perform actions on objects, and an Emoter expressed Anger or Neutral affect toward the adult in response to her actions. The Emoter then became neutral and infants were given access to the objects. Infants' actions were influenced…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Psychological Patterns, Affective Behavior
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Dawson, Geraldine; Meltzoff, Andrew N.; Osterling, Julie; Rinaldi, Julie; Brown, Emily – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1998
Twenty children with autism were compared to children with Down syndrome (n=19) and typical peers (n=20) in visual orientation to two social and two nonsocial stimuli and in ability to share attention. Children with autism frequently failed to orient to all stimuli, particularly social stimuli, and exhibited attention deficits. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Attention Control, Attention Deficit Disorders, Attention Span, Autism