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Re-Examination of Oostenbroek et al. (2016): Evidence for Neonatal Imitation of Tongue Protrusion
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Meltzoff, Andrew N.; Murray, Lynne; Simpson, Elizabeth; Heimann, Mikael; Nagy, Emese; Nadel, Jacqueline; Pedersen, Eric J.; Brooks, Rechele; Messinger, Daniel S.; De Pascalis, Leonardo; Subiaul, Francys; Paukner, Annika; Ferrari, Pier F. – Developmental Science, 2018
The meaning, mechanism, and function of imitation in early infancy have been actively discussed since Meltzoff and Moore's (1977) report of facial and manual imitation by human neonates. Oostenbroek et al. (2016) claim to challenge the existence of early imitation and to counter all interpretations so far offered. Such claims, if true, would have…
Descriptors: Neonates, Human Body, Imitation, Infants
The Dynamic Still-Face Effect: Do Infants Decrease Bidding over Time when Parents Are Not Responsive?
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Ekas, Naomi V.; Haltigan, John D.; Messinger, Daniel S. – Developmental Psychology, 2013
The still-face paradigm (SFP) was designed to assess infant expectations that parents will respond to infant communicative signals. During the still-face (SF) episode, the parent ceases interaction and maintains a neutral expression. Original, qualitative descriptions of infant behavior suggested changes within the SF episode: infants decrease…
Descriptors: Infant Behavior, Behavior Change, Infants, Parents
The Temporal Coordination of Early Infant Communication.
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Yale, Marygrace E.; Messinger, Daniel S.; Cobo-Lewis, Alan B.; Delgado, Christine F. – Developmental Psychology, 2003
A bootstrapping procedure was used to determine whether preverbal infants at 3- and 6-months sequenced (1) vocalizations, (2) gazes at their mothers' faces, and (3) facial expressions into pairs of coordinated patterns nonrandomly. Findings indicated that smiles and frowns were highly coordinated with vocalizations. Smiles were also coordinated…
Descriptors: Facial Expressions, Individual Development, Infant Behavior, Infants
Give and Take: The Development of Conventional Infant Gestures.
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Messinger, Daniel S.; Fogel, Alan – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1998
Observed infants' manual gestures while playing with mothers. Infants were more likely than mothers to request objects and less likely to respond to requests for objects. Vocalization accompanying requests increased with age. Infant gazing was most likely during offers that infants initiated without preceding maternal request. Unsolicited offers…
Descriptors: Body Language, Child Development, Eye Fixations, Infant Behavior
An Event-Based Analysis of the Coordination of Early Infant Vocalizations and Facial Actions.
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Yale, Marygrace E.; Messinger, Daniel S.; Cobo-Lewis, Alan B.; Oller, D. Kimbrough; Eilers, Rebecca E. – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Used an event-based approach to study the nature of coordination in 3- and 6-month olds during interaction with their caregivers. Found that infants coordinated their vocalizations and facial actions more than expected by chance. When two communicative events were temporally associated across modalities, one event tended to be embedded within the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Caregiver Child Relationship
All Smiles Are Positive, but Some Smiles Are More Positive than Others.
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Messinger, Daniel S.; Fogel, Alan; Dickson, K. Laurie – Developmental Psychology, 2001
Observed weekly 13 infants from 1 to 6 months of age to determine when they produced different types of smiling and other facial expressions. Found that the cheek-raise and open-mouth dimensions of smiling appear to be associated with, respectively, amplification of processes of sharing positive affect and of visual engagement present to a lesser…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Emotional Development, Emotional Response
What's in a Smile?
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Messinger, Daniel S.; Fogel, Alan; Dickson, K. Laurie – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Compared Duchenne and non-Duchenne smiles of 1- to 6-month olds during weekly videotapes of mother/infant interaction for clues regarding emotional significance. Correlated levels of Duchenne and non-Duchenne smiling within sessions; found that they had similar developmental trajectories. Duchenne smiles were typically preceded by non-Duchenne…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Child Development, Comparative Analysis