Communication in early infancy: An arena of intersubjective learning

The present essay summarizes experimental, video-microanalytic and clinical aspects of the Papoušeks’ approach to early preverbal communication. The first section summarizes some of their video-microanalytic research on intuitive parenting and preverbal parent–infant communication. It describes the...

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Published in:Infant behavior & development 2007-05, Vol.30 (2), p.258-266
Main Author: Papoušek, Mechthild
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communication
Contingencies
Intuitive parenting
Still-face
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Summary:The present essay summarizes experimental, video-microanalytic and clinical aspects of the Papoušeks’ approach to early preverbal communication. The first section summarizes some of their video-microanalytic research on intuitive parenting and preverbal parent–infant communication. It describes the naturalistic preverbal learning context where infants learn and integrate experiences about themselves, the parent, their interrelatedness, and interactions with objects and events in the environment. The second section recapitulates research involving various kinds of experimental manipulations of the parents’ communicative behavior and its effects on infant responses. The final section draws a bow to individual differences and what can be learned from the application of the still-face paradigm in clinical assessments of dysfunctional parent–infant communication.
ISSN:0163-6383
1879-0453
DOI:10.1016/j.infbeh.2007.02.003