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Autor/inn/en | Hirai, Masahiro; Kanakogi, Yasuhiro |
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Titel | Communicative Hand-Waving Gestures Facilitate Object Learning in Preverbal Infants |
Quelle | In: Developmental Science, 22 (2019) 4, (8 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 1467-7687 |
DOI | 10.1111/desc.12787 |
Schlagwörter | Nonverbal Communication; Teaching Methods; Infants; Infant Behavior; Preferences; Learning Processes; Self Concept; Cognitive Processes; Cues; Human Body; Motor Reactions; Socialization; Role; Child Development Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Learning process; Lernprozess; Selbstkonzept; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Stichwort; Menschlicher Körper; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Rollen; Kindesentwicklung |
Abstract | The theory of natural pedagogy has proposed that infants can use ostensive signals, including eye contact, infant-directed speech, and contingency to learn from others. However, the role of bodily gestures, such as hand-waving, in social learning has been largely ignored. To address this gap in the literature, this study sought to determine whether 4-month-old infants exhibited a preference for horizontal or vertical (control) hand-waving gestures. We also examined whether horizontal hand-waving gestures followed by pointing facilitated the process of object learning in 9-month-old infants. Results showed that 4-month-old infants preferred horizontal hand-waving gestures to vertical hand-waving gestures, even when featural and contextual information were removed. Furthermore, horizontal hand-waving gestures induced identity encoding for cued objects, whereas vertical gestures did not. These findings highlight the role of communicative intent embedded in bodily movements and indicate that hand-waving can serve as a new type of ostensive signal. (As Provided). |
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Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2020/1/01 |