When the body reveals the mind: Children’s use of others’ body orientation to understand their focus of attention
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- 作者：Markus Paulus ; markus.paulus@lmu.de" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Esther Murillo ; Beate Sodian
- 关键词：Toddlerhood ; Joint attention ; Social cognition ; Word learning ; Body cues ; Posture perception
- 刊名：Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：August 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：148
- 期：Complete
- 页码：101-118
- 全文大小：1236 K
文摘
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We explored children’s ability to rely on others’ body orientation to understand others’ attentional focus.
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3.5-, but not 2-year-old children were able to use body orientation as a cue to match a word to a referent.
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In the same setup, 2-year-old children were able to rely on a pointing cue to map a word to a referent.
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This suggests a developmental decalage in children’s developing appreciation of body orientation cues.