Adult-infant early dyadic interactions have been extensively explored by developmental
psychologists. Around the age of 2 months, infants already demonstrate complex, delicate …

This chapter investigates actor and partner effects in infant dyads. It estimates whether non-
independence of partners in infant dyads is a serious problem in infant peer research. The …

Historically, there has been relatively little concern with social interaction between children
under three years of age; researchers of early social development have been predominantly …

This study examined interpersonal co‐regulation in 80 mother–infant dyads when
interacting face‐to‐face and with an object, at the infant ages of 4 and 6 months. We found …

Mother–infant interactions during feeding and play are pivotal experiences in the
development of infants' early social abilities (Stern, 1985, 1995; Biringen, 2000). Stern …

Infant interactions with adults are now widely understood to be central to their learning.
Although the centrality of relationships to quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) …

The evidence presented in this chapter suggests that infant communicative action is highly
context specific, showing remarkable variability to even subtle alterations of the social and …

This chapter presents the seminal work of researchers who, starting in the 1960s, carefully
described the earliest social interactions between infants and parents through detailed …

Early mother–infant coordinated interactions play a critical role in infant development. The
present study describes the development of the dyadic coordination of vocalization and …

Caregivers use a range of verbal and nonverbal behaviours when responding to their
infants. Previous studies have typically focused on the role of the caregiver in providing …