The development of joint visual attention: A longitudinal study of gaze following during interactions with mothers and strangers

Developmental Science

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 839-848

  Gredebäck, Gustaf ^a   Fikke, Linn ^a   Melinder, Annika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78049297949     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00945.x     Document Type: Article

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