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The influence of adult intervention on infants ' level of attention . The effects of adult intervention on infants ' level of attention to objects were studied with 10-month-old infants . After a baseline measure of spontaneous attention was obtained , infants were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 conditions ( low , medium , high intervention , or no-intervention control ) . Level of intervention was controlled by systematically varying the manner and frequency with which objects were presented , the extent to which the experimenter talked to the infant , and physical proximity . Infant attention was defined as duration of time spent examining objects . The overall duration of infant attention increased during medium intervention when compared to the control group . Baseline attention was then used to separate low and high attenders . Low attending infants attended more in medium and high intervention than in the low condition , while high attending infants were unaffected by intervention . The results show that level of intervention interacts with the child 's spontaneous tendency to focus attention on objects .
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Intervention_Educational
adult intervention
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Intervention_Educational
adult intervention
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Intervention_Educational
low , medium , high intervention
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Intervention_Control
no-intervention
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Intervention_Educational
manner and frequency with which objects were presented
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Intervention_Educational
extent to which the experimenter talked to the infant
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Intervention_Educational
physical proximity
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Intervention_Educational
intervention
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Outcome_Mental
infants ' level of attention
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Outcome_Mental
level of attention
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Outcome_Mental
duration of time spent examining objects
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Outcome_Mental
overall duration of infant attention
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Outcome_Mental
attended
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Outcome_Mental
child 's spontaneous tendency to focus attention
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Participant_Age
infants
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Participant_Age
10-month-old