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Human Olfaction in Infancy and Early Childhood

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Science of Olfaction

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The past half century has witnessed a proliferation of interest and resources devoted to the study of the development of sensory and perceptual systems in humans. New, innovative methodologies have revolutionized our understanding of many of the sensory and perceptual capacities of the newborn and the developing preverbal child. The early characterization of the sensory world of the infant as a “blooming, buzzing, confusion,” and a “tabula rasa” has been replaced by the view that the neonate possesses many well-structured and coordinated perceptual abilities.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1230, New York, New York, 10029, USA

    Michael J. Serby MD

  2. Department of Neurology, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York, 10016, USA

    Karen L. Chobor MS

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Schmidt, H.J., Beauchamp, G.K. (1992). Human Olfaction in Infancy and Early Childhood. In: Serby, M.J., Chobor, K.L. (eds) Science of Olfaction. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2836-3_13

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