Infants' sensitivity to arbitrary object-odor pairings

Mercedes Fernandez; Lorraine E. Bahrick

doi:10.1016/0163-6383(94)90040-X

Infants' sensitivity to arbitrary object-odor pairings

Mercedes Fernandez
, Lorraine E. Bahrick

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Abstract

The ability of 4-month-old infants to learn the arbitrary relationship between an object and a distinctive odor was assessed. Infants were familiarized with two objects while one of them was paired with a cherry odor. Results indicated that only female subjects showed evidence of matching. They increased their looking to the target object in the presence of the odor but not in the absence of the odor, relative to baseline levels.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	471-474
Number of pages	4
Journal	Infant Behavior and Development
Volume	17
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0163-6383(94)90040-X
State	Published - 1994
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Developmental and Educational Psychology

Keywords

infant
intersensory
matching
object
odor
perception

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