Eye-Catching Odors: Olfaction Elicits Sustained Gazing to Faces and Eyes in 4-Month-Old Infants
Durand K, Baudouin J, Lewkowicz D, Goubet N, Schaal B. Eye-Catching Odors: Olfaction Elicits Sustained Gazing to Faces and Eyes in 4-Month-Old Infants. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e70677. PMID: 24015175, PMCID: PMC3756010, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070677.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMother's body odorGroups of infantsFour-month-old infantsEarly social attentionPictures of facesNon-visual cuesBody odorOlder infantsInfantsEye movement tracking systemInfant attentionSocial attentionVisual targetsVisual gazeSpontaneous preferenceOdor conditionContextual effectsEyesControl conditionVisual explorationFaceFacial region