%0 Journal Article
%A Striano, Tricia
%+ Junior Research Group on Cultural Ontogeny, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
%T Direction of regard and the still-face effect in the first year: Does intention matter? : 
%G eng
%U https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0010-0509-B
%F EDOC: 210884
%R 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00687.x
%7 2004-03-23
%D 2004
%* Review method: peer-reviewed
%X In the first study, 3-, 6-, and 9- month-olds' behavior was assessed as a stranger broke contact to stare at the infant, to look at a wall, or to look at another person. Regardless of age and the reason contact was broken, the still-face reaction did not depend on the experimenter's intention. In the second study, 3-, 6-, and 9-month-olds interacted with their mother who broke contact to look away for no apparent reason or in the direction of a sound. Infants at all ages responded to the still-face episode, but not as a function of the underlying reason contact was broken. The findings suggest a primacy of interpersonal communication in the first year.
%J Child Development
%V 75
%N 2
%& 468
%P 468 - 479