Coordination between infant and adult is thought to be essential to infant development. However, the study is theoretically and methodologically grounded in a dyadic systems perspective and relational psychoanalysis. Our automated apparatus explores the micro-second timing of 4-month infant-adult vocal coordination to predict 12-month infant attachment and cognition. This work also further defines a fundamental dyadic timing matrix that guides the trajectory of infant development.

Contributors Include:

Joseph Jaffe M.D. Theoretical Biology and Neuroscience Department of Communication Sciences, N.Y.S. Psychiatric Institute, and Department of Psychiatry (in Neurosurgery), College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia

Beatrice Beebe Ph.D. Infancy and Psychoanalysis Department of Communication Sciences, N.Y.S. Psychiatric Institute, and Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University N.Y.U. Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis

Stanley Feldstein Ph.D. Statistics, Communication and Clinical Research Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Cynthia L. Crown Ph.D. Social Psychology Department of Psychology, Xavier University

Michael D. Jasnow Ph.D. Psychoanalysis, Child Psychology and Cognitive Science Center for Professional Psychology, George Washington University