@article{9396709511714a1080540345c061a7ca,
title = "Different types of focus: Caregiver–child interaction and changes in preschool children{\textquoteright}s attention in two cultures",
abstract = "Social contexts shape the development of attention; however, little is known about joint attention beyond infancy. This study employed behavioral and eye-tracking measurements to investigate cultural variations in how caregivers direct 3- to 4-year-old children's attention and subsequent changes in children's attention to objects and contextual backgrounds in the United States (predominantly non-Hispanic Whites) and Japan (N = 60 mother-child dyads, 29 girls, 31 boys). The findings revealed that caregivers directed children's attention to culturally sensitive information, and significant cross-cultural differences in attention emerged after caregiver–child interaction, with Japanese children shifting their attention to the backgrounds. Results provide new insights into the role of social interaction and cultural diversity in the development of attention.",
author = "Sawa Senzaki and Yuki Shimizu",
note = "Funding Information: We thank members of the Children{\textquoteright}s Learning and Developmental Science Lab at the University of Wisconsin‐Green Bay and Baby Lab at Saitama University, especially Katrina Bangen, Savannah Bruecker, Michaella Brickner, Danielle Kowalski, and Destany Calma‐Birling. We are very grateful to all participating families. Research reported in this publication was supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development of the National Institutes of Health (Award Number R15HD094138 to Sawa Senzaki) and by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Award Number 15KK0075 to Yuki Shimizu). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 The Authors. Child Development {\textcopyright} 2022 Society for Research in Child Development.",
year = "2022",
month = may,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1111/cdev.13731",
language = "English",
volume = "93",
pages = "e348--e356",
journal = "Child Development",
issn = "0009-3920",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "3",
}