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Do Facial Masks Impact Infants' Joint Attention? A Within‐Participant Laboratory Study

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2025
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Wermelinger, S., Moersdorf, L., Baldenweg, C., & Daum, M. M. (2025). Do Facial Masks Impact Infants’ Joint Attention? A Within‐Participant Laboratory Study. Infancy, 30, e12640. https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12640

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During the COVID‐19 pandemic, children were repeatedly confronted with people wearing facial masks. Little is known, however, about how this affected young children's interactions with their caregivers. This preregistered experimental within‐participants study explored whether facial masks influence young children's initiation and response to joint attention. Using two structured tasks and one free‐play task, we measured joint attention episodes in interactions of 12‐ to 15‐month‐old Swiss infants with one of their caregivers during t

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30

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e12640

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caregiver, COVID‐19, free play, interaction, social development

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2025-01-01

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1525-0008

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Wermelinger, S., Moersdorf, L., Baldenweg, C., & Daum, M. M. (2025). Do Facial Masks Impact Infants’ Joint Attention? A Within‐Participant Laboratory Study. Infancy, 30, e12640. https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12640

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