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ERIC Number: EJ398172
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Attractiveness of Lactating Females' Breast Odors to Neonates.
Makin, Jennifer W.; Porter, Richard H.
Child Development, v60 n4 p803-10 Aug 1989
Investigated the responses of 57 infants to breast and axillary odors produced by lactating females. Two-week-old bottle-fed girls responded preferentially to the breast odor of a nursing woman when it was paired with the woman's axillary odors or odors from a nonparturient female. (RJC)
Descriptors: Breastfeeding, Infant Behavior, Infants, Sex Differences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Lactation; Odors; Olfactory Sense; Preference Patterns