The human sense of smell is still much underappreciated, despite its importance for vital
functions such as warning and protection from environmental hazards, eating behavior and …

Decades of evidence reveal intimate links between sensation and emotion. Yet, discussion
of sensory experiences as tools that promote emotion regulation is largely absent from …

Maternal body odors serve as important safety-promoting and social recognition signals, but
their role in human brain maturation is largely unknown. Utilizing ecological paradigms and …

Infants drive many lactation processes and contribute to the changing composition of human
milk through multiple mechanisms. This review addresses the major topics of milk removal; …

Although chemical signaling is an essential mode of communication in most vertebrates, it
has long been viewed as having negligible effects in humans. However, a growing body of …

Body odors serve as signals of kinship, with parents exhibiting a preference for the scent of
their infants, and vice versa. The reciprocal perception of body odors can promote bonding …

Understanding how the young infant brain starts to categorize the flurry of ambiguous
sensory inputs coming in from its complex environment is of primary scientific interest. Here …

In recent decades, there has been an explosion of research into the crossmodal influence of
olfactory cues on multisensory person perception. Numerous peer-reviewed studies have …

A recent body of research has emerged regarding the interactions between olfaction and
other sensory channels to process social information. The current review examines the …

Olfactory impairment is one of the more unique symptoms of COVID-19 infection and has
therefore enjoyed increased public attention in recent months. Olfactory impairment has …