Young deaf and hearing children's understanding of intentions signalled by nonverbal gestural cues directed to a third person
Figueroa, Mario (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Psicologia Bàsica, Evolutiva i de l'Educació)
Morgan, Gary, 1968- (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Departament de Psicologia i Educació)

Date:	2026
Description:	40 pàg.
Abstract:	The development of socio-cognitive skills depends on the ability to understand the behavioural cues offered by others. Among 43 toddlers (21 girls, 22 boys, aged 10- 37 months; 74% White Hispanic) of whom 21 were deaf and hard of hearing (DHH), an experimenter addressed an assistant and indicated the hidden toy's location by a point with gaze or gaze-only. Both DHH and hearing toddlers understood the point with gaze cue. But only the hearing group understood the gaze-only cue by reliably searching for the hidden toy. These findings reveal early differences in social-cognition development linked to language, which may explain later difficulties with complex theory of mind reasoning.
Note:	Altres ajuts: The work of the first author was supported by the European Union-Next Generation EU (Margarita Salas modality)
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Nonverbal gestural cue ; Social-cognition ; Deaf
Published in:	Child Development, 13 03 2026, art. aacag017, ISSN 1467-8624

DOI: 10.1093/chidev/aacag017

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