Object uses and bodily anticipations in early development
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development of intentional understanding, bodily anticipations, triadic interactions, use of objectsAbstract
There is empirical evidence that dyadic interactions contribute to the emergence of intentional understanding. However, little is known about the role that triadic (adult-object-baby) interactions play in this process. We present a qualitative analysis of four observations made at home in Ensenada (Buenos Aires, Argentina). These observations were part of a larger study in which infants' interactions with their caregivers and objects were observed once a month for 7 months. The results show that infants anticipate with their bodies the actions that adults perform using objects within triadic interactions (adult-object-infant). Infants' participation in triadic interactions contributes to the emergence of increasingly complex bodily anticipations that are coordinated with the behaviour of others and adjusted to the canonical uses of objects. It is argued that these anticipations are cases of enactive intentional understanding.
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