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Article Dans Une Revue Interaction Studies Année : 2023

Toward a multimodal and continuous approach of infant-adult interactions

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Abstract Adult-infant early dyadic interactions have been extensively explored by developmental psychologists. Around the age of 2 months, infants already demonstrate complex, delicate and very sensitive behaviors that seem to express their ability to interact and share emotions with their caregivers. This paper presents 3 pilot studies of parent-infant dyadic interaction in various set-ups. The first two present longitudinal data collected on two infants aged between 1 and 6 months and their mothers. We analyzed the development of coordination between them, at the motor and at the vocal level. The 3rd pilot study aims to explore interpersonal coordination in both vocal behavior and motor activity for one infant and his mother at 2, 4 and 6 months. These pilot studies however leave a number of questions open concerning developmental changes and infants’ progressive mastery of interaction. We identify areas worth examining and try to tease out specific issues that may help develop new methodological pathways for the study of early naturalistic social interaction. We assume that a continuous, rather than discrete, approach would better capture the changes taking place in the various communicative modalities, while also displaying each dyad’s specificity and the narrative dimension of social engagement between infants and caregivers.

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Psychologie
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hal-04500856 , version 1 (12-03-2024)

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Marianne ´ Jover, Maya Gratier. Toward a multimodal and continuous approach of infant-adult interactions. Interaction Studies, 2023, 24 (1), pp.5-47. ⟨10.1075/is.22041.jov⟩. ⟨hal-04500856⟩
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