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Gustaf Gredebäck1, Linn Fikke, Annika Melinder

  • 1The Cognitive Developmental Research Unit (EKUP), Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway. gustaf.gredeback@psykologi.uio.no

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|October 28, 2010
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Two- to 8-month-old infants interacted with their mother or a stranger in a prospective longitudinal gaze following study. Gaze following, as assessed by eye tracking, emerged between 2 and 4 months and stabilized between 6 and 8 months of age. Overall, infants followed the gaze of a stranger more than they followed the gaze of their mothers, demonstrating a stranger preference that emerged between 4 and 6 months of age. These findings do not support the notion that infants acquire gaze following through reinforcement learning. Instead, the findings are discussed with respect to the social cognitive framework, suggesting that young infants are driven by social cognitive motives in their interactions with others.

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