Disliked food acting as a contaminant during infancy. A disgust based motivation for rejection

Appetite

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 535-538

  Brown, S D ^a,b   Harris, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contagion; Contamination; Disgust; Food neophobia; Infant child eating behaviours

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; TOUCH;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTIVATION;

EID: 84856288427     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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