Provided in this annual report, the 10th of a series, are the texts of four papers presented at a preconference workshop on new directions for infancy research. The papers focus on the middle European contribution to infancy research, main themes in European research on infant perception and cognition, an innovative therapeutic approach to establishing emotional mutuality in Japanese cases of interactional failure in early infancy, and new directions for infancy research. Also included in the report are three related articles focusing on a dynamic systems approach to the development of the organization of infant crying, expressive behavior of Japanese mothers in response to their 5-month-old infants' negative and positive expression of emotion, and behavioral inhibition and social experience of 12-month-old infants. Also provided are the preconference's opening statement by Kazuo Miyake, Director of the Research and Clinical Center for Child Development, Faculty of Education, Hokkaido University, the workshop schedule, and reflections on the workshop by Sing-jen Chen, also of Hokkaido University's Faculty of Education. (RH)