Dr. Katharine Beals

Right.

Right.

So they will decide when a letter was selected, and they'll decide in an ambiguous case which letter was selected. Because someone could be pointing in between the letters. In between. F and G. And in some cases, believe it or not, nowhere near. And so there are videos where you can actually, the person is using a transparent letter board.

So they will decide when a letter was selected, and they'll decide in an ambiguous case which letter was selected. Because someone could be pointing in between the letters. In between. F and G. And in some cases, believe it or not, nowhere near. And so there are videos where you can actually, the person is using a transparent letter board.

So from watching from the other side, you can see letters sometimes being called out that we're not pointing to at all.

So from watching from the other side, you can see letters sometimes being called out that we're not pointing to at all.

Yeah, so what you could clearly see was that the mother was touching the girl, just didn't happen to be her finger, and that there were changes in how hard she was, in her pressure, the pressure that she was exerting on the daughter's temple and cheek. And so that might have been all that was needed to cue the girl about when to actually make a selection.

Yeah, so what you could clearly see was that the mother was touching the girl, just didn't happen to be her finger, and that there were changes in how hard she was, in her pressure, the pressure that she was exerting on the daughter's temple and cheek. And so that might have been all that was needed to cue the girl about when to actually make a selection.

A lot of the time the child doesn't look like they really want to be doing this.

A lot of the time the child doesn't look like they really want to be doing this.