Touchscreens can promote infant object-interlocutor reference switching

Hudspeth, K. M. and Lewis, C. (2023) Touchscreens can promote infant object-interlocutor reference switching. Infant Behavior & Development, 74. ISSN 0163-6383

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Abstract

We re-examine whether the type of object played with influences parent-infant joint attention. A within-participants comparison of 24 parent-9-month-old dyads, used head-mounted eye-tracking to measure parental naming and infant attention during play with touchscreen apps on a touchscreen tablet or matched interactive toys. Infants engaged in sustained attention more to the toy than the tablet. Parents named objects less in toy play. Infants exhibited more gaze shifts between the object and their parent during tablet play. Contrasting previous studies, these findings suggest that joint tablet play can be more interactive than with toys, and raise questions about the recommendation that infants should not be exposed at all to such technology.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This is an author accepted manuscript of a paper published on 8 December 2023 by Elsevier in Infant Behavior & Development. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.
Divisions:	School of Social Science
Depositing User:	Kimberley Hudspeth
Date Deposited:	11 Dec 2023 11:34
Last Modified:	13 Dec 2023 14:37
URI:	https://bgro.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/1090

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