Parents' multimodal spatial language structures infants' in-the-moment attention during spatial play.

IF 3.1 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Developmental Psychology Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI:10.1037/dev0002068

Erim Kızıldere, Christian M Nelson, Marianella Casasola, Katharine Graf Estes, Lisa M Oakes

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Abstract

We asked how caregivers use spatial language and deictic gestures, in addition to object labeling, with their infants during spatial play, and how such spatial multimodal input scaffolds infants' in-the-moment attention. Forty-nine North American middle-class racially and ethnically diverse caregivers (four fathers, 45 mothers; 51% White and not Hispanic) and their 9-month-old infants (15 girls, 34 boys; 43% White and not Hispanic) played with a puzzle while wearing head-mounted eye trackers. Results showed that caregivers' speech with spatial words or objects labels extended the duration of infants' looking at the puzzle, compared to looking accompanied by utterances without such words. Notably, the combination of spatial and labeling language was more effective than either type alone. Furthermore, infants' attention was longer when caregivers used deictic gestures (e.g., pointing) compared to when they did not use these gestures, highlighting the support of multimodal communication. Together these results add to our understanding of how the content of caregivers' speech, and not simply the presence of speech, along with deictic gestures may shape infants' attention in real time. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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父母多模态空间语言对幼儿空间游戏中即时注意的影响。

我们询问了照顾者如何在空间游戏中使用空间语言和指示手势，以及物体标签，以及这种空间多模态输入如何支撑婴儿的即时注意力。49名北美中产阶级不同种族和民族的看护者（4名父亲，45名母亲；51%的白人和非西班牙裔）和他们9个月大的婴儿（15名女孩，34名男孩；43%的白人和非西班牙裔）戴着头戴式眼动仪玩拼图。结果表明，与不带空间词或物体标签的言语相比，看护者带空间词或物体标签的言语延长了婴儿看拼图的时间。值得注意的是，空间语言和标记语言的结合比单独使用任何一种语言都更有效。此外，当照顾者使用指示手势（如指向）时，婴儿的注意力比不使用这些手势时更长，突出了多模式交流的支持。总之，这些结果增加了我们对看护者言语内容的理解，而不仅仅是言语的存在，以及指示手势如何实时影响婴儿的注意力。（PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA，版权所有）。

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Developmental Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

CiteScore

5.80

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2.50%

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329

期刊介绍： Developmental Psychology ® publishes articles that significantly advance knowledge and theory about development across the life span. The journal focuses on seminal empirical contributions. The journal occasionally publishes exceptionally strong scholarly reviews and theoretical or methodological articles. Studies of any aspect of psychological development are appropriate, as are studies of the biological, social, and cultural factors that affect development. The journal welcomes not only laboratory-based experimental studies but studies employing other rigorous methodologies, such as ethnographies, field research, and secondary analyses of large data sets. We especially seek submissions in new areas of inquiry and submissions that will address contradictory findings or controversies in the field as well as the generalizability of extant findings in new populations. Although most articles in this journal address human development, studies of other species are appropriate if they have important implications for human development. Submissions can consist of single manuscripts, proposed sections, or short reports.