Attention is a computation applied to competing environmental information to bias the selection of one option and avoid distraction from alternative inputs. Studying the development of visual ...

Joint attention, the shared focus of two individuals on an object or event, comprises two interrelated processes: initiating joint attention (IJA), where one individual directs another’s attention, ...

A recent study published in JAMA Network Open explores how tablet use by toddlers with poor language development is influenced by interference with joint attention. In this process, two people focus ...