Different patterns of sensitivity differentially affect infant attention span

Publication date: November 2018Source: Infant Behavior and Development, Volume 53Author(s): Jennifer L. Miller, Ellen Hurdish, Julie Gros-LouisAbstractWe exposed infants to different types of sensitive behavior to examine effects on infants’ attention. Results revealed infants changed their patterns of visual attention; infants had longer durations of sustained attention to toys, shorter durations to the social partner, and fewer attention shifts when interacting with a nonvocal social partner than when interacting with a vocal social partner.
Source: Infant Behavior and Development - Category: Child Development Source Type: research