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SUBMITTER: Jessen S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7495014 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Developmental cognitive neuroscience 20200908
Maternal odor is known to play an important role in mother-infant-interaction in many altricial species such as rodents. However, we only know very little about its role in early human development. The present study therefore investigated the impact of maternal odor on infant brain responses to emotional expression. We recorded the electroencephalographic (EEG) signal of seven-month-old infants watching happy and fearful faces. Infants in two control groups exposed to no specific odor (control 1 ...[more]