Mutual Visual Regard during Mother-Infant Play

Abstract

Mutual visual regard was observed in 48 mother-infant dyads during a 6-min. play session. Infant-mother dyads containing 4-mo.-olds displayed significantly more mutual visual regard than did dyads containing 6- or 8-mo.-olds. In addition, the more time infants spent in face-to-face interaction with mother, the more smiling they engaged in. No sex differences were observed.