Odorization of a novel object can influence infant's exploratory behavior in unexpected ways

Infant Behavior and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 629-636

  Durand, Karine ^a   Baudon, Gaëlle ^a   Freydefont, Laure ^a   Schaal, Benoist ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Infant; Multimodal perception; Object exploration; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SMELLING; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; ODORS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SMELL; TIME FACTORS; VIOLA;

EID: 54949083424     PISSN: 01636383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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