Murillo Eva, Montero Ignacio, Casla Marta
Departamento de Psicología Básica, Facultad of Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Departamento de Psicología Social y Metodología, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Front Psychol. 2021 Feb 10;12:616812. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.616812. eCollection 2021.
The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between rhythmic movements and deictic gestures at the end of the first year of life, and to focus on their unimodal or multimodal character. We hypothesize that multimodal rhythmic movement performed with an object in the hand can facilitate the transition to the first deictic gestures. Twenty-three children were observed at 9 and 12 months of age in a naturalistic play situation with their mother or father. Results showed that rhythmic movements with objects in the hand are a frequent behavior in children's repertoires. Rhythmic behaviors tend to decrease from 9 to 12 months, specifically when they are unimodal. Multimodal rhythmic behavior production at 9 months is positively related with proximal deictic gestures 3 months later. Multimodal rhythmic movements are not directly related to distal deictic gestures, but are indirectly related via proximal deictic gestures. These results highlight the relevance of multimodal behaviors in the transition to the use of early gestures, and can be considered as a transitional phenomenon between the instrumental action and early communicative gestures.
本研究的目的是分析生命第一年结束时节奏性动作与指示性手势之间的关系，并关注它们的单模态或多模态特征。我们假设手持物体进行的多模态节奏性动作有助于向首个指示性手势的过渡。在自然玩耍情境中，对23名9个月和12个月大的儿童与其母亲或父亲进行了观察。结果表明，手持物体的节奏性动作是儿童行为表现中的常见行为。节奏性行为从9个月到12个月趋于减少，特别是当它们是单模态时。9个月时的多模态节奏性行为产生与3个月后的近端指示性手势呈正相关。多模态节奏性动作与远端指示性手势没有直接关系，但通过近端指示性手势存在间接关系。这些结果凸显了多模态行为在向早期手势使用过渡中的相关性，并且可被视为工具性动作与早期交际手势之间的一种过渡现象。
