Search results for "OLFACTORY REACTIVITY"
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Are hedonic responses to food odours linked to food liking in infants at 12 and 22 months?
2013
Communication orale (résumé 1 p.) ; http://www.pangborn2013.com/; International audience
Relationship between olfactory reactivity and food rejections in infants
2006
N° 261; The role of hedonic reactions to odours on determining rejections of foods in infants is still debated. To answer this question, the first requirement is to have an instrument to test infants’ olfactory reactivity. Indeed, except in neonates, there is a lack of validated method. This study presents results of a new method designed to assess olfactory reactivity of 7- to 8-month-old infants. This method is based on the observation of infants’ reactions while they explored different rattles. The rattles were visually identical but differed in their odours (neutral or with a food odour). Two sequences of 6 rattles were presented to each infant. Eight odorants were used. Four odorants w…