Joint attention is the ability to share focus with another person on the same object, event, or goal. It emerges in infancy and is foundational for social cognition, language development, and cooperative action.
Key Functions
- •Shared focus — "we are looking at the same thing"
- •Triadic — self, other, and object of attention
- •Coordinating — aligns intentions and actions
- •Synergy — creates a single focus as the group's center
In ONDA Life
Part 12 "DMN Inhibition and Joint Attention" shifts from protecting personal boundaries to realizing a common goal. Joint Attention forms "a single focus as the group's center of synergy" — the foundation for collective co-creation and We-Consciousness.
Scientific Basis
Built on: Polyvagal Theory (Porges); Psychoneuroimmunology (Ader & Cohen); neuroplasticity research.