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Seven‐ to 9‐month‐old infants use facial expressions to interpret others' actions

Author(s) -

Striano Tricia,

Vaish Amrisha

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

british journal of developmental psychology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.062

H-Index - 75

eISSN - 2044-835X

pISSN - 0261-510X

DOI - 10.1348/026151005x70319

Subject(s) - facial expression , psychology , developmental psychology , expression (computer science) , audiology , communication , medicine , computer science , programming language

In Study 1, 7‐month‐old infants ( N = 58) looked reliably more at an adult's face when she playfully pulled a toy away from them compared with when she simply handed them the toy. In Study 2, 7‐ and 9‐month‐old infants ( N = 36) interacted with an adult who played a teasing game and then held a neutral or happy facial expression. Compared with a baseline in which infants looked equally to both expressions, after the tease, infants looked longer at the neutral compared with the happy expression. By 7 months, infants may use facial expressions to disambiguate others' actions.

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