Infants’ Selective Visual Attention Is Dependent on Maternal Affect and Emotional Context

Development of selective attention during the first year of life is critical to cognitive and socio-emotional skills. It is also a period that the average child’s interactions with their mother dominate their social environment. This study examined how maternal negative affect and an emotion face pr...

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Main Authors: Joshua Juvrud, Sara A. Haas, Nathan A. Fox, Gustaf Gredebäck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.700272/full