Human newborns prefer human milk: Conspecific milk odor is attractive without postnatal exposure

Child Development

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 155-168

  Marlier, Luc ^a,b,c   Schaal, Benoist ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CENTRE DES SCIENCES DU GOÛT ET DE L ALIMENTATION   (France)

^c Clinique Sainte Anne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEAD; HUMAN; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEWBORN; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PUERPERIUM;

BREAST FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK, HUMAN; MOVEMENT; ODORS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; SMELL;

EID: 14844317360     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00836.x     Document Type: Article

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