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September 20, 2025Open Access

Infants Track the Social Targets of Their Parents’ Gaze

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BWBrandon Matthew WooHPHaowei PengEYEmma Yu

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Overview

Experimental evidence shows 8-9 month-old infants can track their parents' gaze towards social targets, indicating early gaze understanding.

Key Points

  • Infants can track their parents’ gaze towards animate targets by 8-9 months, demonstrating early gaze understanding.
  • When parents looked at an animate puppet, infants expected continued attention towards the puppet, contrasting with inanimate objects.
  • This observational study highlights that social relevance influences gaze tracking before infants can follow gaze to objects.
  • Findings support the notion that infants' understanding of actions is shaped by their social environment, particularly parental cues.

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Woo et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d46fc631b076d99fa69ad0https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/85mnq_v2
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