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  • Infant Behavior
  • Sensory Integration

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  • Infant sensory processing involves integrating visual and olfactory cues.
  • Maternal scent is a primary olfactory stimulus for infants.
  • Visual preferences in infants are well-documented.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the combined effect of maternal scent and visual stimuli on infant non-nutritive sucking (NNS).
  • To determine if infants' visual preference for faces influences their sucking patterns in the presence of maternal scent.

Main Methods:

  • Fifteen healthy, full-term infants (≤6 months) participated.
  • A visual preference paradigm used FACES versus CARS stimuli.
  • Infants' sucking patterns were recorded using a custom pacifier during scent exposure.

Main Results:

  • Infants exhibited a significant preference for looking at FACES over CARS (p = .041).
  • A significant main effect of visual stimuli on NNS bursts was found (p = .001).
  • Greater differences in NNS bursts occurred when infants viewed FACES compared to looking away or viewing CARS (p = 0.008, p = 0.026).

Conclusions:

  • Infant non-nutritive sucking (NNS) is modulated by visual input and maternal scent.
  • Visual preference for faces is linked to increased sucking attempts in the presence of maternal scent.
  • These findings highlight the interconnectedness of sensory modalities in early infant development.