Interweaving social and manipulative development in early infancy: Some direction for infant caregiving |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute of Health Sciences, Paulista University, São Paulo, Brazil;2. Psychology Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil;3. School of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil;1. University of British Columbia, Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada;2. Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;3. BC Children''s Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada;4. Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;5. School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;1. CliniKids, Telethon Kids Institute, 100 Roberts Rd, Subiaco, Western Australia 6008, Australia;2. School of Psychological Science, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Early infancy has been neglected not having the best opportunities to promote social motor and cognitive development. The maturational concept considering young infants as passive beings provide a misguided view of the developmental process. The human infant is an active being from the very beginning of life. In the social and physical world, they can, by observing and imitating, perform complex actions involving different motor behaviours. In the present review we argue that imitation and manipulative actions are integrated in Expressive Action System (Reed, 1996) where baby-caregiver social interaction is the link between the use and exploration of objects in the world. We present evidence that neonatal imitation and manipulation activities are connected and thus, we propose stimulation practices based in seminal experimental designs where infants should be positioned in favourable postures to observe others acting in the world. This will have an impact on the way that early infants understand the social world and the chain of actions possible in this environment. |
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| Keywords: | Neonatal imitation Manipulative action Perception-action Stimulation practices |
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