Intro
Acknowledgment
Contents
Contributors
Chapter 1: An Invitation to an Embodied, Multimodal, and Intersubjective Approach to Development
1.1 About This Book
1.2 An Embodied, Multimodal, and Intersubjective Approach to Development
1.2.1 Embodied Experiences
1.2.2 Intersubjectivity and Second-Person Perspective
1.2.3 The Multimodal Interpersonal World in Infancy and Early Childhood
1.2.4 Our Theoretical and Empirical Approach
1.3 Overview of the Chapters
References

Chapter 2: The Infant-Directed Improvised Performances: What They Are and What Happens Through Them
2.1 Introduction
2.2 About Infant-Directed Improvised Performances
2.2.1 The Aesthetic Perspective
2.2.2 The Varied Repetition of Simple Motifs: A Strategy for Reciprocity
2.2.3 Two Performing Art Tools to Analyze IDI-Performances
Music Performance Studies That Are Relevant to the Analysis of Multimodal IDI-Performance
Contemporary Dance Studies Relevant to the Analysis of Multimodal IDI-Performance
2.2.4 A Clear-Cut Description of IDI-Performances

2.2.5 Between Affect and Cognition
2.3 What Microanalysis Tells Us About IDI-Performances
2.3.1 The Repetition-Variations Form and Other Resources of the Performing Arts
Brief Description of the General Scene
Moment 1 - An IDI-Performance, a Phone Ring, and a Different Multimodal Pattern
Moment 2 - A Peek-a-Boo Game, a Fortuitous Event, and a Resolution
2.3.2 Image-Schemas and Primary Metaphors
Brief Description of the General Scene
Moment 1 - Preparation and Enaction of the UP-DOWN Image-Schema

Moment 2 - CODA, with Activation of the Primary Metaphor INTIMACY IS PROXIMITY
2.4 What Happens Through the IDI-Performances?
2.5 Final Remarks
References
Chapter 3: Infant-Directed Improvised Performances, Protoconversations, and Action Songs During the First Year of Life
3.1 Introduction
3.2 An Empirical Study on Infant-Directed Improvised Performances, Protoconversations, and Action Songs
3.2.1 Method
Participants and Materials
Procedure
Observation Code
3.2.2 Results
Quantitative Analysis
Qualitative Analysis
IDI-Performances

Fleeting IDI-Performances
Reiterated IDI-Performances
Reiterated Dyadic IDI-Performances
Reiterated Family IDI-Performances
Protoconversations
Action Songs
3.2.3 Final Remarks
References
Chapter 4: Early Reciprocity: Temporal Coordination and Modality Behavior in Parental Imitation and Affect Attunement
4.1 Introduction
4.1.1 Reciprocity and Second-Person Perspective
4.1.2 Adult Responsiveness
4.1.3 Parental Imitation and Affect Attunement
The Frequency of Maternal Imitation and Affect Attunement, and Its Relation with Infant Reaction