One-Year-Olds' Understanding of Nonverbal Gestures Directed to a Third Person

Autor/inn/en	Grafenhain, Maria; Behne, Tanya; Carpenter, Malinda; Tomasello, Michael
Titel	One-Year-Olds' Understanding of Nonverbal Gestures Directed to a Third Person
Quelle	In: Cognitive Development, 24 (2009) 1, S.23-33 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0885-2014
DOI	10.1016/j.cogdev.2008.10.001
Schlagwörter	Cues; Interpersonal Communication; Infants; Comprehension; Nonverbal Communication; Intention; Cognitive Ability; Cognitive Development; Child Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Stichwort; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Verstehen; Verständnis; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Denkfähigkeit; Kognitive Entwicklung; Kindesentwicklung
Abstract	We investigated whether infants comprehend others' nonverbal communicative intentions directed to a third person, in an "overhearing" context. An experimenter addressed an assistant and indicated a hidden toy's location by either gazing ostensively or pointing to the location for her. In a matched control condition, the experimenter performed similar behaviors (absent-minded gazing and extended index finger) but did not communicate ostensively with the assistant. Infants could then search for the toy. Eighteen-month-old infants were skillful in using both communicative cues to find the hidden object, whereas 14-month-olds performed above chance only with the pointing cue. Neither age group performed above chance in the control condition. This study thus shows that by 14-18 months of age, infants are beginning to monitor and comprehend some aspects of third party interactions. (Contains 4 figures and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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