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Most research on infant learning from social contexts has focused on child\u2010directed activities, such as toy play. However, learning in everyday contexts may not be limited to child\u2010directed activities. Routines at home consist of other activities, such as meal preparation, laundry, and chores, that may still offer learning opportunities for infants. But infants can only learn from these moments if they are paying attention. Here, we provide the first examination of infant attention during non\u2010child\u2010directed everyday activity. In a home\u2010like laboratory environment, parents prepared peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in front of infants who sat in a highchair across from them, as they might every day at home. Head\u2010mounted eye trackers were used to record gaze data from infants, which was then temporally aligned with parent actions to measure infants\u2019 attention to the task. Our findings reveal that, despite the presence of a room full of distractors, infants most often focused on task\u2010related objects. Although infants only tracked parents\u2019 actions for 40% of the session, they prioritized looking at parents\u2019 more complex actions and looked equally at parents\u2019 actions and the objects they themselves were engaged with. In addition, when parents were more engaged with their infants (e.g., looking at them and talking to them), infants paid more attention. These findings indicate that infants are attuned to the routines and activities of daily life and that parental engagement can play a critical role in enhancing this attention. This suggests that even routine tasks, often overlooked as learning opportunities, can be transformed into valuable moments for development. By examining how infants allocate their attention in naturalistic settings, we can better understand the role of everyday experiences in early learning and explore how parents can optimize these moments to support their infants\u2019 growth.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Summary<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:list list-type=\"bullet\">\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>Head\u2010mounted eye tracking captured real\u2010time infant gaze during non\u2010child\u2010directed meal preparation in a home\u2010like laboratory setting.<\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>Infants attended primarily to task\u2010relevant objects and actions, even amid numerous visual distractions.<\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>Infants prioritized observing parents\u2019 complex, effect\u2010producing actions over simple object handling.<\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>Everyday routines may serve as rich, natural input supporting infants\u2019 observational learning.<\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                      <\/jats:list>\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/desc.70141","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,28]],"date-time":"2026-01-28T12:15:48Z","timestamp":1769602548000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Seizing Learning Opportunities in Everyday Life: Infants Are Attentive During Non\u2010Child\u2010Directed Activity"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"29","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6533-1885","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Brianna E.","family":"Kaplan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology and Center for Perceptual Systems University of Texas at Austin  Austin Texas USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Claire","family":"Monroy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Psychology Keele University  Keele UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chen","family":"Yu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology and Center for Perceptual Systems University of Texas at Austin  Austin Texas USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_10_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/0012\u20101649.42.6.1236"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.robot.2008.10.024"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/0012-1649.36.2.190"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/1467-8624.00310"},{"issue":"1","key":"e_1_2_10_6_1","first-page":"2","article-title":"Package \u2018lme4\u2019","volume":"12","author":"Bates D.","year":"2015","journal-title":"convergence"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/1467-7687.00211"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1467-7687.2011.01095.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cognition.2007.08.001"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0022-0965(89)90018-0"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/desc.12122"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/nn1729"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/desc.12626"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S1364-6613(03)00128-1"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_15_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1467-8624.2009.01287.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_16_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/135062800394676"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_17_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/cdev.13669"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_18_1","unstructured":"Herzberg O. 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