Beyond Pointing: Development of the "Showing" Gesture in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Clements, Caitlin C.; Chawarska, Katarzyna

doi:10.1037/e525772013-004

Cited by 4 publications

(6 citation statements)

References 23 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…More generally, this study has not only joined other recent work in calling for greater attention to be paid to infants' showing and giving gestures [14][15][16][17][18], but has also stressed the importance of understanding the developmental pathway that leads to the emergence of conventional showing, giving and other gestures. Pursuing this question further will help contribute to an understanding of humans' early capacity and motivation for social interaction, as well as the core role played by gestures [36].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 69%

Showing and giving: from incipient to conventional forms

Salter

Carpenter

2022

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Understanding humans' motivation and capacity for social interaction requires understanding communicative gestures. Gestures are one of the earliest means that infants employ to communicate with others, and showing and giving are among the earliest-emerging gestures. However, there are limited data on the processes that lead up to the emergence of conventional showing and giving gestures. This study aimed to provide such data. Twenty-five infants were assessed longitudinally at monthly intervals from 6 to 10 months of age using a variety of methods (elicitation procedures, free play observations and maternal interviews), as well as via questionnaires conducted at 11–12 months. A particular focus was on pre-conventional, incipient gestures , behaviours that involved some components of conventional gestures, but lacked other important components. We present observational evidence that at least some of these behaviours (observed as early as 7 months of age) were communicative and make the case for how conventional showing and giving may emerge gradually in the context of social interactions. We also discuss the influence of maternal interpretations of these early behaviours on their development. Overall, the study seeks to draw attention to the importance of understanding the cognitive, motor and interactional processes that lead to the emergence of infants’ earliest communicative gestures. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Revisiting the human ‘interaction engine’: comparative approaches to social action coordination’.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 69%

Showing and giving: from incipient to conventional forms

Salter

Carpenter

2022

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Offering as well as the complementary requesting gesture has been observed in some infants at 9 months of age (Messinger & Fogel, 1998). Other gestures that are produced by most children by 8 or 9 months include the pick me up gesture (Caselli, Rinaldi, Stefanini, & Volterra, 2012; Clements & Chawarska, 2010), and some conventional gestures, for example waving goodbye, are also produced early on (Blake, Vitale, Osborne, & Olshansky, 2005).…”

Section: Sharing Attention and Triadic Interactionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Triadic interaction and gestural communication: Hierarchical and child-centered interactions of rural and urban Gujarati (Indian) caregivers and 9-month-old infants.

Abels

2020

Developmental Psychology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In this study nine month old infants in rural and urban Gujarat, India were compared in how frequently and in which way they engage in triadic interactions. It was assumed that urban caregivers would engage in a child-centered interaction style, frequently creating triadic interactions and following infants' signals. It was also expected that they would engage in more gestural communication in line with results on young infants often being involved in distal interactions. Rural caregivers were assumed to engage in a hierarchical interaction style in which the caregiver directs the interactions. It was expected that they would engage more in bodily ways of communicating as young infants in these communities often experience large amounts of proximal interactions. Infants were observed in everyday situations to assess their everyday engagement in triadic interactions and experience with gestures. Additionally, infants' mothers were asked to show their children something distant to assess how triadic attention is created. These interactions were video recorded and analyzed in terms of gestures and bodily behaviors. The results indicate that urban infants experience more triadic interactions and have caregivers who are more likely to follow their initiatives than rural infants. In the observations, urban caregivers also use gestures more frequently than rural caregivers. For rural infants the results are less clear with some indications that caregivers direct their attention more, particularly using their bodies. These differences are only apparent in the video-recorded situations. Implications for infants' further development are discussed.

show abstract

“…Ellawadi & Weismer, 2014;Töret & Acarlar, 2011). Uprkos uočenim deficitima, u nekim od ovih istraživanja ukazuje se na spontani napredak u gestovnoj komunikaciji u predškolskom periodu (Clements & Chawarska, 2010) ili na napredak koji predstavlja i rezultat tretmana (Buffington et al, 1998). S obzirom na to da su našim uzorkom obuhvaćeni ispitanici školskog uzrasta, sasvim je moguće da su deficiti u domenu komunikacije redukovani pod uticajem sazrevanja, ali i edukacije i/ili posebnih tretmana (npr.…”

Section: Diskusijaunclassified

“…Uprkos tome što ograničenja u korišćenju gestova mogu perzistirati tokom čitavog života osoba sa PSA, uvidom u dostupnu literaturu stiče se utisak da se ovoj problematici posvećuje pažnja prvenstveno u ranom detinjstvu, kada se očekuje javljanje brojnih tipova gestova i komunikacionih funkcija (npr. Buffington, Krantz, McClannahan, & Poulson, 1998;Camaioni, Perucchini, Muratori, & Milone, 1997;Clements & Chawarska, 2010;Ellawadi & Weismer, 2014;Ingersoll & Lalonde, 2010;Ingersoll, Lewis, & Kroman, 2007;Jones & Carr, 2004;Töret & Acarlar, 2011;Watson, Crais, Baranek, Dykstra, & Wilson, 2013). S druge strane, manji broj autora ispitivao je korišćenje gestova kod dece sa PSA tokom školskog perioda (npr.…”

unclassified