RECOGNITION OF MATERNAL AXILLARY ODORS BY INFANTS
RECOGNITION OF MATERNAL AXILLARY ODORS BY INFANTS
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-8624.1985.tb00224.x
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发表时间：
1985-01-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
PORTER, RH
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作者：
CERNOCH, JM;PORTER, RH
进行了一系列的5个实验，以确定大约2周龄的新生儿是否可以仅通过腋窝气味识别其父母。母乳喂养的婴儿区分他们母亲的腋窝气味和气味所产生的非分娩或不熟悉的哺乳期女性。相比之下，母乳喂养的婴儿没有表现出任何证据或认识到他们父亲的腋窝气味。同样，当沿着来自未分娩的雌性或不熟悉的奶瓶喂养的雌性的气味时，奶瓶喂养的婴儿似乎无法识别出他们母亲的气味。提出了几种假设，试图解释母乳喂养与奶瓶喂养的婴儿对母体气味的不同反应。初步得出结论，母乳喂养时，婴儿暴露于明显的母亲气味，从而迅速熟悉母亲独特的嗅觉特征。
A series of 5 experiments was conducted to determine whether neonates, at approximately 2 weeks of age, can recognize their parents through axillary odors alone. Breast-feeding infants discriminated between their mother''s axillary odor and odors produced by either nonparturient or unfamiliar lactating females. In contrast, breast-feeding infants displayed no evidence or recognizing the axillary odors of their father. Likewise, bottle-feeding infants appeared unable to recognize the odor of their mother when presented along with odors from a nonparturient female or an unfamiliar bottle-feeding female. Several hypotheses were presented in an attempt to account for the differential reactions to maternal odors by breast-feeding versus bottle-feeding infants. It was tentatively concluded that, while breast-feeding, infants are exposed to salient maternal odors and thereby rapidly become familiarized with their mother''s unique olfactory signature.