The functional architecture of mother-infant communication, and the development of infant social expressiveness in the first two months

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dc.contributor.authorMurray, Lynne
dc.contributor.authorDe Pascalis, Leonardo
dc.contributor.authorBozicevic, Laura
dc.contributor.authorHawkins, Laura
dc.contributor.authorSclafani, Valentina
dc.contributor.authorFerrari, Pier Francesco
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-08T07:16:02Z
dc.date.available2021-10-08T07:16:02Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractBy two-three months, infants show active social expressions during face-to-face interactions. These interactions are important, as they provide the foundation for later emotional regulation and cognition, but little is known about how infant social expressiveness develops. We considered two different accounts. One emphasizes the contingency of parental responsiveness, regardless of its form; the other, the functional architecture account, emphasizes the preparedness of both infants and parents to respond in specific ways to particular forms of behaviour in their partner. We videotaped mother-infant interactions from one to nine weeks, and analysed them with a micro-analytic coding scheme. Infant social expressiveness increased through the nine-week period, particularly after 3 weeks. This development was unrelated to the extent of maternal contingent responsiveness, even to infant social expressions. By contrast, specific forms of response that mothers used preferentially for infant social expressions-mirroring, marking with a smile- predicted the increase in these infant behaviours over time. These results support a functional architecture account of the perceptual and behavioural predispositions of infants and parents that allow young infants to capitalize on relatively limited exposure to specific parental behaviours, in order to develop important social capacities.
dc.identifier.apacitationMurray, L., De Pascalis, L., Bozicevic, L., Hawkins, L., Sclafani, V., & Ferrari, P. F. (2016). The functional architecture of mother-infant communication, and the development of infant social expressiveness in the first two months. <i>Scientific Reports</i>, 6(1), 174 - 177. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34755en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMurray, Lynne, Leonardo De Pascalis, Laura Bozicevic, Laura Hawkins, Valentina Sclafani, and Pier Francesco Ferrari "The functional architecture of mother-infant communication, and the development of infant social expressiveness in the first two months." <i>Scientific Reports</i> 6, 1. (2016): 174 - 177. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34755en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMurray, L., De Pascalis, L., Bozicevic, L., Hawkins, L., Sclafani, V. & Ferrari, P.F. 2016. The functional architecture of mother-infant communication, and the development of infant social expressiveness in the first two months. <i>Scientific Reports.</i> 6(1):174 - 177. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34755en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Murray, Lynne AU - De Pascalis, Leonardo AU - Bozicevic, Laura AU - Hawkins, Laura AU - Sclafani, Valentina AU - Ferrari, Pier Francesco AB - By two-three months, infants show active social expressions during face-to-face interactions. These interactions are important, as they provide the foundation for later emotional regulation and cognition, but little is known about how infant social expressiveness develops. We considered two different accounts. One emphasizes the contingency of parental responsiveness, regardless of its form; the other, the functional architecture account, emphasizes the preparedness of both infants and parents to respond in specific ways to particular forms of behaviour in their partner. We videotaped mother-infant interactions from one to nine weeks, and analysed them with a micro-analytic coding scheme. Infant social expressiveness increased through the nine-week period, particularly after 3 weeks. This development was unrelated to the extent of maternal contingent responsiveness, even to infant social expressions. By contrast, specific forms of response that mothers used preferentially for infant social expressions-mirroring, marking with a smile- predicted the increase in these infant behaviours over time. These results support a functional architecture account of the perceptual and behavioural predispositions of infants and parents that allow young infants to capitalize on relatively limited exposure to specific parental behaviours, in order to develop important social capacities. DA - 2016 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town IS - 1 J1 - Scientific Reports LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2016 SM - 2045-2322 T1 - The functional architecture of mother-infant communication, and the development of infant social expressiveness in the first two months TI - The functional architecture of mother-infant communication, and the development of infant social expressiveness in the first two months UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34755 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/34755
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMurray L, De Pascalis L, Bozicevic L, Hawkins L, Sclafani V, Ferrari PF. The functional architecture of mother-infant communication, and the development of infant social expressiveness in the first two months. Scientific Reports. 2016;6(1):174 - 177. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34755.en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychology
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanities
dc.sourceScientific Reports
dc.source.journalissue1
dc.source.journalvolume6
dc.source.pagination174 - 177
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep39019
dc.subject.otherBurns
dc.subject.otherDisaster Planning
dc.subject.otherHumans
dc.subject.otherMass Casualty Incidents
dc.subject.otherNational Health Programs
dc.subject.otherPractice Guidelines as Topic
dc.subject.otherSocieties, Medical
dc.subject.otherSouth Africa
dc.titleThe functional architecture of mother-infant communication, and the development of infant social expressiveness in the first two months
dc.typeJournal Article
uct.type.publicationResearch
uct.type.resourceJournal Article
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