The flavor of life: Perinatal development of odor and taste preferences

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 176-181

  Hudson, R ^a,b   Distel, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross cultural differences; Food associated odors; Innate preferences; Odor learning; Prenatal perception

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EATING HABIT; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; ODOR; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; TASTE PREFERENCE;

EID: 0033528223     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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