title: Evolution of maternal mood state and of the auditory and olfactory perception of their newborn: preliminary data.
abstract: The auditory and olfactory discrimination ability of mothers, in relation to stimuli from their newborn infants, was concomitantly measured in a sample of 12 mother-newborn dyads during the 1st week after the child's birth. Both types of discrimination ability had a parallel evolution from one day to the next. The performances continued to increase from day to day, except on the 4th and 7th days. These 2 days corresponded to times when the mothers were more depressed. Half of the mothers were more skilled in one sensorial skill than the other.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Psychophysiologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Besançon, France.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Cismaresco
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bonnin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001307:Auditory Perception; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012903:Smell; D013997:Time Factors