Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) impacts an individual's ability to socialize, communicate,
and interact with, and adapt to, the environment. Over the last two decades, research has …

We examine children, childhood, and development from an evolutionary perspective. We
begin by reviewing major assumptions of evolutionary–developmental psychology …

The present article shows that infant and dyad differences in hand–eye coordination predict
dyad differences in joint attention (JA). In the study reported here, 51 toddlers ranging in age …

Infants gradually learn to share attention, but it is unknown how they acquire skills such as
gaze‐following. Deák and Triesch () suggest that gaze‐following could be acquired if infants …

Later-born siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder (Sibs-ASD) are at elevated risk
for social impairments. Two putative predictors of later social impairment—measures of …

Children acquire language in conversation. This is where they are exposed to the
community language by more expert speakers. This exposure is effectively governed by …

Human beings share many cognitive skills with their nearest primate relatives, especially
those for dealing with the physical world of objects (and categories and quantities of objects) …

Attention following (AF) is a cornerstone of social cognitive development and a longstanding
topic of infancy research. However, there is conflicting evidence regarding the development …

Elucidating the neural basis of joint attention in infancy promises to yield important insights
into the development of language and social cognition, and directly informs developmental …

During the first year of life, infants develop the capacity to follow the gaze of others. This
behavior allows sharing attention and facilitates language acquisition and cognitive …