Chimpanzees: Joint Visual Attention

• Published in: Psychological science Vol. 7; no. 3; pp. 129 - 135
• Main Authors: Povinelli, Daniel J., Eddy, Timothy J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA Cambridge University Press 01.05.1996; SAGE Publications; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Animal behavior; Attention; Babies; Chimpanzees; Experimentation; Eyes; Eyes & eyesight; FTP; Humans; Mind; Modeling; Monkeys & apes; Sensory perception; Visual fixation; Visual perception

Gaze following is a behavior that draws the human infant into perceptual contact with objects or events in the world to which others are attending. One interpretation of the development of this phenomenon is that it signals the emergence of joint or shared attention, which may be critical to the dev...