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Food and Psychological Development

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In this discussion I would like to invite the audience to look into the world of human infancy to which I have devoted the last two decades in research. Infancy: the stage in life where a steep gain in body weight is observed, where a full and balanced diet is needed to meet the demands of growth, and where the complex preverbal cognitive processes have been shown to be affected by the quality and quantity of nutrition during this period.

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  1. Max-Planck Institute for Psychiatry, 8-Munich-23, Kraepelinstr. 10, West Germany

    Hanǔs Papoušek M.D., Sc.D. (Research Associate, Professor of Development Psychobiology)

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  1. Hanǔs Papoušek M.D., Sc.D.
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  1. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

    Dwain N. Walcher

  2. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    Norman Kretchmer

  3. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, USA

    Henry L. Barnett

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Papoušek, H. (1976). Food and Psychological Development. In: Walcher, D.N., Kretchmer, N., Barnett, H.L. (eds) Food, Man, and Society. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2298-6_15

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