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ReviewAnimal cognition2024

A comparative evaluation of the role of olfaction in attachment.

Emma Cox, Courtney Collins-Pisano, Lane Montgomery, Jeffrey S Katz

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Review in Animal cognition, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Olfactory cognition.Animal cognition · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Emma CoxDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Auburn University, 226 Thach Hall, AL, 36849, USA. ecc0034@auburn.edu.
Courtney Collins-PisanoDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Auburn University, 226 Thach Hall, AL, 36849, USA.
Lane MontgomeryDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Auburn University, 226 Thach Hall, AL, 36849, USA.
Jeffrey S KatzDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Auburn University, 226 Thach Hall, AL, 36849, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Olfactory information plays an important role in the attachment and bonding processes for both humans and non-human animals. Odor cues obtained via individual body odor facilitate attachment and bonding processes across species with regard to both mate selection and mother-infant bonding. The purpose of the present paper is to summarize the role of odor as it pertains to bond formation and maintenance in the mother-infant bond for human infants and non-human animal infants, and for mate selection among human adults and non-human animals. We then synthesize this summary with literature on attachment and existing evidence for the relationships between olfaction and attachment processes. Finally, we suggest avenues for areas of future research.

Indexed as

Object AttachmentSmellAnimalsFemaleHuman-Animal BondHumansInfantMother-Child RelationsOdorantsAttachmentBondingOdor

Identifiers

PMID39080076
PMCPMC11289241

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