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SUBMITTER: Hutman T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4879106 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hutman Ted T Harrop Clare C Baker Elizabeth E Elder Lauren L Abood Kimberly K Soares Annabelle A Jeste Shafali Spurling SS
Social neuroscience 20151125 5
Joint engagement (JE) is a state in which two people attend to a common target. By supporting an infant's attention to the target, JE promotes encoding of information. This process has not been studied in toddlers despite the fact that language and social interaction develop rapidly in this period. We asked whether JE modulates object discrimination in typically developing toddlers. In a pilot evaluation of a novel, naturalistic paradigm, toddlers (n = 11) were introduced to toys by an examiner ...[more]