---
_id: '17197'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: According to natural pedagogy theory, infants are sensitive to particular
    ostensive cues that communicate to them that they are being addressed and that
    they can expect to learn referential information. We demonstrate that 6-month-old
    infants follow others' gaze direction in situations that are highly attention-grabbing.
    This occurs irrespective of whether these situations include communicative intent
    and ostensive cues (a model looks directly into the child's eyes prior to shifting
    gaze to an object) or not (a model shivers while looking down prior to shifting
    gaze to an object). In contrast, in less attention-grabbing contexts in which
    the model simply looks down prior to shifting gaze to an object, no effect is
    found. These findings demonstrate that one of the central pillars of natural pedagogy
    is false. Sensitivity to gaze following in infancy is not restricted to contexts
    in which ostensive cues are conveyed.
author:
- first_name: Joanna
  full_name: Szufnarowska, Joanna
  last_name: Szufnarowska
- first_name: Katharina
  full_name: Rohlfing, Katharina
  id: '50352'
  last_name: Rohlfing
- first_name: Fawcett
  full_name: Christine, Fawcett
  last_name: Christine
- first_name: Gredebäck
  full_name: Gustaf, Gredebäck
  last_name: Gustaf
citation:
  ama: Szufnarowska J, Rohlfing K, Christine F, Gustaf G. Is ostension any more than
    attention? <i>Scientific Reports</i>. 2014;4(1). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/srep05304">10.1038/srep05304</a>
  apa: Szufnarowska, J., Rohlfing, K., Christine, F., &#38; Gustaf, G. (2014). Is
    ostension any more than attention? <i>Scientific Reports</i>, <i>4</i>(1). <a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1038/srep05304">https://doi.org/10.1038/srep05304</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Szufnarowska_Rohlfing_Christine_Gustaf_2014, title={Is ostension
    any more than attention?}, volume={4}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/srep05304">10.1038/srep05304</a>},
    number={1}, journal={Scientific Reports}, publisher={Nature Publishing Group},
    author={Szufnarowska, Joanna and Rohlfing, Katharina and Christine, Fawcett and
    Gustaf, Gredebäck}, year={2014} }'
  chicago: Szufnarowska, Joanna, Katharina Rohlfing, Fawcett Christine, and Gredebäck
    Gustaf. “Is Ostension Any More than Attention?” <i>Scientific Reports</i> 4, no.
    1 (2014). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/srep05304">https://doi.org/10.1038/srep05304</a>.
  ieee: 'J. Szufnarowska, K. Rohlfing, F. Christine, and G. Gustaf, “Is ostension
    any more than attention?,” <i>Scientific Reports</i>, vol. 4, no. 1, 2014, doi:
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/srep05304">10.1038/srep05304</a>.'
  mla: Szufnarowska, Joanna, et al. “Is Ostension Any More than Attention?” <i>Scientific
    Reports</i>, vol. 4, no. 1, Nature Publishing Group, 2014, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/srep05304">10.1038/srep05304</a>.
  short: J. Szufnarowska, K. Rohlfing, F. Christine, G. Gustaf, Scientific Reports
    4 (2014).
date_created: 2020-06-24T13:01:15Z
date_updated: 2023-02-01T16:10:11Z
department:
- _id: '749'
doi: 10.1038/srep05304
intvolume: '         4'
issue: '1'
keyword:
- Human behavior
- Attention
language:
- iso: eng
publication: Scientific Reports
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 2045-2322
publisher: Nature Publishing Group
status: public
title: Is ostension any more than attention?
type: journal_article
user_id: '14931'
volume: 4
year: '2014'
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