Table of Contents

Contents: Preface. J. Bruner, Foreword: From Joint Attention to the Meeting of Minds: An Introduction. P.J. Dunham, C. Moore, Current Themes in Research on Joint Attention. G. Butterworth, Origins of Mind in Perception and Action. S. Baron-Cohen, The Eye Detection Detector (EDD) and the Shared Attention Mechanism (SAM): Two Cases for Evolutionary Psychology. V. Corkum, C. Moore, Development of Joint Visual Attention in Infants. S. Desrochers, P. Morissette, M. Ricard, Two Perspectives on Pointing in Infancy. M. Tomasello, Joint Attention as Social Cognition. D.A. Baldwin, Understanding the Link Between Joint Attention and Language. P.J. Dunham, F. Dunham, Optimal Social Structures and Adaptive Infant Development. M. Sigman, C. Kasari, Joint Attention Across Contexts in Normal and Autistic Children. L.B. Adamson, D. McArthur, Joint Attention, Affect, and Culture. S.H. Landry, The Development of Joint Attention in Premature Low Birth Weight Infants: Effects of Early Medical Complications and Maternal Attention-Directing Behaviors. C.C. Raver, B.J. Leadbeater, Factors Influencing Joint Attention Between Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Adolescent Mothers and Their Infants.

About the Author

Chris Moore, Philip J. Dunham, Phil Dunham

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