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Observational techniques: applications to the study of children’s eating behavior

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Les réunions ESN sont réservées aux membres.; Human behavior can be observed in many different ways, depending on the question asked. One may prefer to observe than to ask direct question, to avoid interferences with cognitive processes; or because individuals may not directly answer a question. This is specially the case for infants and young children, who can not express themselves verbally in a reliable way. We will describe in particular how to study infants and children sensory perceptions (taste and olfaction in particular) and eating behavior, focusing in particular on the analysis of facial expressions.