Category Archives: Mother-Child Pheromones

Abstract We report that 90% of women tested in the present study identified their newborns by olfactory cues after only 10 min-1 hr exposure to their infants. All of the women tested recognized their babies’ odor after exposure periods greater than 1 hr. The robust results are due in part to the implementation of an …

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Abstract In previous studies, newborn infants placed on their mother’s chest grasped a nipple and sucked without assistance. Furthermore, neonates sucked preferentially from an untreated breast rather than the alternative breast that had been washed to eliminate its natural odour. This study investigated the influence of breast odours per se on orientated physical movement of …

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Abstract About 1-2% of the human genome is allocated to production of receptors for the olfactory epithelium–a hint as to the possible importance of this chemical sense, which includes two anatomically distinct systems: the main olfactory system with sensory cells located in the upper part of the nasal cavity, and the vomero-nasal organ with sensory …

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