Social and emotional contexts predict the development of gaze following in early infancy: A SOCIAL-FIRST ACCOUNT of GAZE FOLLOWING

Kim Astor; Marcus Lindskog; Linda Forssman; Ben Kenward; Mari Fransson; Alkistis Skalkidou; Anne Tharner; Juliëtte Cassé; Gustaf Gredebäck

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Social and emotional contexts predict the development of gaze following in early infancy: A SOCIAL-FIRST ACCOUNT of GAZE FOLLOWING

Kim Astor^*, Marcus Lindskog, Linda Forssman, Ben Kenward, Mari Fransson, Alkistis Skalkidou, Anne Tharner, Juliëtte Cassé, Gustaf Gredebäck

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The development of gaze following begins in early infancy and its developmental foundation has been under heavy debate. Using a longitudinal design (N = 118), we demonstrate that attachment quality predicts individual differences in the onset of gaze following, at six months of age, and that maternal postpartum depression predicts later gaze following, at 10 months. In addition, we report longitudinal stability in gaze following from 6 to 10 months. A full path model (using attachment, maternal depression and gaze following at six months) accounted for 21% of variance in gaze following at 10 months. These results suggest an experience-dependent development of gaze following, driven by the infant's own motivation to interact and engage with others (the social-first perspective).

Original language	English
Article number	1178
Pages (from-to)	1-11
Number of pages	11
Journal	Royal Society Open Science
Volume	7
Issue number	9
Early online date	16 Sept 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201178
Publication status	Published - Sept 2020

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attachment
gaze following
infant
longitudinal
maternal postpartum depression
social context

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Social and emotional contexts predict the development of gaze following in early infancy: A SOCIAL-FIRST ACCOUNT of GAZE FOLLOWING

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