Eye-catching odors: olfaction elicits sustained gazing to faces and eyes in 4-month-old infants.

This study investigated whether an odor can affect infants' attention to visually presented objects and whether it can selectively direct visual gaze at visual targets as a function of their meaning. Four-month-old infants (n = 48) were exposed to their mother's body odors while their visu...

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Main Authors: Karine Durand, Jean-Yves Baudouin, David J Lewkowicz, Nathalie Goubet, Benoist Schaal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24015175/pdf/?tool=EBI