Children’s rhythmic movements during the first year of life possess a meaningful predictive validity for later communicative development. However, their role within adult-child interactions is still underexplored. In this study, we examined whether children’s rhythmic movements were significantly responded by adults and the role of multimodality and object use in this process. We observed 22 dyads of 9-month-olds and their parents in natural play interactions. Infants’ multimodal rhythmic movements increased the probability of adult responding. Adults offered different types of responses and significantly followed the child’s focus of attention. These dynamics could support communicative development by promoting joint attention frameworks.

儿童在出生后第一年的节奏运动对以后的交流发展具有有意义的预测效度。然而，他们在成人与儿童互动中的作用仍未得到充分探索。在这项研究中，我们检查了成人是否对儿童的节奏运动有显着反应，以及多模态和物体使用在这个过程中的作用。我们在自然游戏互动中观察了 22 对 9 个月大的孩子和他们的父母。婴儿的多模态有节奏的运动增加了成人反应的可能性。成年人提供了不同类型的反应，并显着地跟随孩子的注意力。这些动态可以通过促进共同关注框架来支持交流发展。