Child Odors and Parenting: A Survey Examination of the Role of Odor in Child-Rearing.

Parental caregiving is critical for the survival of our young and continuation of our species. In humans, visual and auditory signals from offspring have been shown to be potent facilitators of parenting. However, whether odors emitted by our young also influence human parenting remains unclear. To...

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Main Authors: Masako Okamoto, Mika Shirasu, Rei Fujita, Yukei Hirasawa, Kazushige Touhara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4854394?pdf=render