% pubman genre = article @article{item_1555582, title = {{12- and 18-month-old infants follow gaze to spaces behind barrier}}, author = {Moll, Henrike and Tomasello, Michael}, language = {eng}, doi = {10.1111/j.1467-7687.2004.00315.x}, year = {2004}, date = {2004-02}, abstract = {{Infants follow the gaze direction of others from the middle of the first year of life. In attempting to determine how infants understand the looking behavior of adults, a number of recent studies have blocked the adult{\textquotesingle}s line of sight in some way (e.g. with a blindfold or with a barrier). In contrast, in the current studies an adult looked behind a barrier which blocked the child{\textquotesingle}s line of sight. Using two different control conditions and several different barrier types, 12- and 18-month-old infants locomoted a short distance in order to gain the proper viewing angle to follow an experimenter{\textquotesingle}s gaze to locations behind barriers. These results demonstrate that, contra Butterworth, even 12-month-old infants can follow gaze to locations outside of their current field of view. They also add to growing evidence that 12-month-olds have some understanding of the looking behaviors of others as an act of seeing.}}, journal = {{Developmental Science}}, volume = {7}, number = {1}, pages = {F1--F9}, }