Journal article
Postpartum factors related to mother's recognition of newborn infant odours
Abstract
The first study replicated prior research in showing that new mothers in a two-choice recognition test are able to accurately identify their own infant's body odours on a T-shirt. The second study tested the hypothesis that new mothers are uniquely primed to rapidly acquire recognition of infant odorants. In contrast to expectation, this study showed that in a three-choice preexposure paradigm, new mothers perform no better than non-mothers at …
Authors
Fleming A; Corter C; Surbey M; Franks P; Steiner M
Journal
Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, Vol. 13, No. 3-4, pp. 197–210
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
July 1995
DOI
10.1080/02646839508403249
ISSN
0264-6838