A Longitudinal Characterization of Typical Laughter Development in Mother–Child Interaction from 12 to 36 Months: Formal Features and Reciprocal Responsiveness.
Laughter is a valuable means for communicating and engaging in interaction since the earliest months of life. Nevertheless, there is a dearth of work on how its use develops in early interactions—given its putative reflexive nature, it has often been disregarded from studies on pre-linguistic vocali...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Nonverbal Behavior Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 327 - 363 |
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